Texture Assessment

Listen to the following example.

Which of the following types of texture does it represent? (:09)

Monophony

The following music excerpt features (:17)

A mixture of polyphonic and homophonic textures

The following excerpt represents polyphonic texture. (:14)

False

This music passage is an example of: (:16)

Homophony

The following excerpt represents monophonic texture (:07)

True

This music excerpt is an example of: (:31)

Polyphonic texture

The following excerpt represents monophonic texture. (:21)

False

The following excerpt represents homophonic texture. (:18)

False

The musical texture that consists of a single melody without accompaniment is called:

Monophony

Musical texture refers to how melody and harmony relate to each other.

True

Which of the following choices is the defining characteristic of polyphony?

The independence and equality of concurrent melodic lines

In general, operatic arias of the Romantic period, for example those by Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924), provide good examples of homophonic music.
True

True

This piece is a good example of: (:18)

Homophonic Texture

Which of the following terms does not refer to a basic musical texture?

Cacophony

This piece of music is a good example of: (:20)

Polyphonic Texture