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The element that describes the musical fabric, or the relationship of musical lines within a 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
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Traditional music of the Far and Middle East is largely
homophonic
contrapuntal
polyphonic
monophonic
The texture that combines two or more simultaneous melodic lines is called
monophony
homophony
heterophony
polyphony
_____ is when a single voice takes over the melodic interest while the accompanying voices are subordinate
Homophony
Counterpoint
Polyphony
Monophony
The procedure in which a melodic idea is presented in one voice and then restated in another is called
inversion
diminution
retrograde
imitation
A _________ is a composition with strict imitation throughout
canon
retrograde
augmentation
sequence
The second movement of Haydn's Symphony No. 94 (Surprise) is an example of
monophony
polyphony
homophony
heterophony
What quality of a work of art refers to its structure or shape?
theme
melody
form
harmony
The term__________ describes the technique whereby some aspects of the music are changed, yet the whole remains recognizable.
variation
contrast
form
repetition
The technique through which performers create music on the spot is known as
ostinato
improvisation
inversion
canon
The compositional technique whereby a composer searches out a theme's capacity for growth and expansion is known as
augmentation
diminution
thematic development
ternary form
The smallest fragment of a theme that forms a melodic-rhythmic unit is called a
motive
sequence
canon
cadence
A singing style that features a leader who is imitated by a group is called
call and response
ostinato
crossover
thematic development
Monophony is a single-voiced texture
True
False
Traditional music of the Middle and Far East is typically polyphonic
True
False
The art of counterpoint is most closely associated with monophonic texture
True
False
"Homophonic" describes a single-voiced texture without accompaniment
True
False
In a polyphonic texture, the melody and harmony always move with the same rhythm
True
False
A canon is a type of round
True
False
Spirituals often depend on heterophonic texture
True
False
An example of polyphony is when a singer carries the tune against harmonic accompaniment on the piano
True
False
Improvisation is common in Western music, but not non-Western music.
True
False
A musical form based on a statement, a departure, and a restatement of the first idea is called binary form
True
False
Call and response style is common in African and Native American cultures
True
False
A short melodic, rhythmic, or harmonic pattern repeated throughout a musical work is called an ostinato.
True
False
A movement is a complete, comparatively independent division of a large scale work.
True
False
Strophic form is one of the most common in vocal music, both popular and classical.
True
False
Variation is one kind of form that falls between repetition and contrast
True
False
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