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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is the texture of a piece of music called when all instruments and voices play the same melodic line but in different registers?
Polyphonic
Unison
Homophonic
- 2. Multiple Choice
What is the name given to a melody that is sung or played at the same time as an existing melody?
Antiphonal
Echos
Countermelody
- 3. Multiple Choice
Where or when might you hear a descant sung?
In the final verse of a Christmas Carol
In the first verse of a Christmas Carol
Karaoke
- 4. Multiple Choice
What is the name given to the monophonic chanting done by monks?
Germanic Chant
Gregorian Chant
Roman Chant
- 5. Multiple Choice
What is polyphonic music also sometimes known as?
Contrapuntal Music
A Capella
Chordal Music
- 6. Multiple Choice
What is it called when a solo is immediately answered by another tune that is played or sung by a group?
Melody and accompaniment
Call & Response
Song and dance
- 7. Multiple Choice
What does monophonic mean?
One melody line
Parts moving in harmony
Parts moving independently
- 8. Multiple Choice
What texture does music have when melodic ideas are passed around two or more groups of singers or players?
Melody and accompaniment
Antiphony
Heterophony
- 9. Multiple Choice
What does homophonic mean?
All parts move at the same time in the same rhythm and in harmony – chordal movement
All melodies move independently
One melodic line with no accompaniment, played by everyone
- 10. Multiple Choice
True or False. Imitation is where a melody is played in unison with other melodies.
False
True
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