Here are the notes that we use on Texture in music class:
Texture – the way in which melody and harmony interact. It may also refer to tone color and orchestration.
Monophony – a single unaccompanied melody line.
Plainsong – Monophonic chant sung usually with even rhythm on Latin texts. Plainsong is one of the earliest examples of notated music.
Homophony – a melodic line supported by a harmonic accompaniment.
Polyphony – two or more independent melody lines sounding together.
Round – a form in which a melody begins in one part and then is continually and exactly repeated by other parts in an overlapping fashion.
Fugue – a musical form based on imitation, in which the main melody (subject) and related melodies (countersubjects) are varied in different ways.
Exposition – the opening section of the fugue.
Episode – the section of a fugue that contains freely treated material.
01/15/2004