Enj. Mus. Chapter 5

The element that describes the msuical fabric, or the relationship of musical lines within work, is called:

• harmony

• meter

• texture

• timbre

A texture featuring a single, unaccompanied line is called:

• monophonic

• homophonic

• polyphonic

• contrapuntal

The predominant texture in music up to about one thousand years ago was:

• polyphonic

• homophonic

• monophonic

• all of the above

Traditional music of the Far East is largely:

• homophonic

• contrapuntal

• polyphonic

• monophonic

When a melody is combined with an ornamented version of itself, often heard in jazz, the resulting texture is known as:

• monophony

• monody

• heterophony

• homophony

When two or more independent melodic lines are combined, the resutling texture is called:

• polyphony

• monophony

• homophony

• heterophony

The texture that combines two or more simultaneous melodic lines is called:

• monophony

• homophony

• heterophony

• polyphony

A texture in which a single voice takes over the melodic interest while the accompanying voices are subordinate is called:

• homophony

• counterpoint

• polyphony

• monophony

The texture in which all the voices move in the same rhythm is called:

• homorhythm

• polyrhythm

• homometer

• polymeter

The procedure in which a melodic idea is presented in one voice and then restated in another is called:

• inversion

• diminution

• retrograde

• imitation