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9 Cards in this Set
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Texture
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Texture describes how much is going on in the music at any one time
It is about the different ways instruments and voices are combined in a piece of music |
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Unison/Monophonic
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All the instruments or voices playing or singing notes at the same pitch
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Octaves
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A type of unison - if the instruments or parts play or sing notes an octave apart, this is called octaves
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Homophonic
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A texture that is essentially chordal
It may also be described as ‘melody with accompaniment’ – melody is the most important, with other parts providing chordal accompaniment |
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Broken chords
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Playing the notes of a chord separately, one after the other
Provides a more gentle, flowing accompaniment to the melody |
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Polyphonic/Contrapuntal
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Consists of weaving together 2 or more equally important melodic lines, which fit together harmonically
Sounds ‘busy’! |
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Imitation
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Imitate means to copy:
A vocal/ instrumental part starts off playing a melody which is immediately copied by another part Usually just the first few notes is copied |
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Canon
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A type of imitation – like a round where the imitating voice/ instrumental part repeats the entire melody, not just the opening e.g. ‘London’s Burning’
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Antiphonal
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A special kind of imitation – a musical phrase is ‘passed around’ between different groups of voices or instruments
Often the groups are placed in different parts of the building or stage – creates a stereo effect |
