Chapter 5: Musical Texture
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The interweaving of the melodic lines, or the relationship of musical lines, within a work is called:
a. harmony. c. texture.
b. meter. d. timbre.
2. A texture consisting of a single, unaccompanied line is called:
a. monophony. c. polyphony.
b. homophony. d. counterpoint.
3. The predominant texture used in Western music until about 1,000 years ago was:
a. polyphony. c. monophony.
b. homophony. d. all of the answers shown here
4. When two or more independent melodic lines are combined, the resulting texture is called:
a. polyphony. c. homophony.
b. monophony. d. heterophony.
5. A texture in which a single voice takes over the melodic interest while the accompanying voices
are subordinate is called:
a. homophony. c. polyphony.
b. counterpoint. d. monophony.
6. The texture in which all the voices move in the same rhythm is called:
a. homorhythm. c. homometer.
b. polyrhythm. d. polymeter.
7. The method in which a melodic idea is presented in one voice and then restated in another is
called:
a. inversion. c. retrograde.
b. diminution. d. imitation.
8. A composition with strict imitation throughout is called a(n):
a. canon. c. augmentation.
b. retrograde. d. sequence.
9. A simple and familiar type of canon is called a:
a. theme. c. round.
b. motive. d. scale.
10. Row, Row, Row Your Boat is an example of a:
a. fugue. c. monophony.
b. homorhythm. d. round.
11. When all the voices or musical lines move together in the same rhythm it is called:
a. homophony. c. polyphony.
b. homorhythm. d. monophony.
TRUE/FALSE
1. A single-voiced texture is called homophony.
2. The combining two or more simultaneous melodic lines is called counterpoint.
3. Counterpoint is most closely associated with monophonic texture.
4. The term homophonic describes a single-voiced texture without accompaniment.
5. In homorhythmic texture, the melody and harmony move with the same rhythm.
6. Most compositions exclusively use one type of texture.
7. Polyphony is the simplest texture.
8. Homophony is perhaps the most commonly heard texture.
9. Texture is the various threads that make up the musical fabric.
10. A strictly imitative work is known as a canon.
11. Homophony occurs when a melodic idea is presented in one voice and then restated in another.
12. Homophony occurs when one melodic voice is prominent over the accompanying lines or voices.
ESSAY
1. What are the differences among monophony, polyphony, and homophony? Provide examples of
each.
ANS:
Answers will vary.
PTS: 1 DIF: 3 REF: Essentials: pp. 22–25
TOP: Texture MSC: Applied
2. Explain why monophony cannot include counterpoint.
ANS:
Answers will vary.
PTS: 1 DIF: 3 REF: Essentials: pp. 22–25
