Accompaniment
A musical layer that provides rhythmic and/or harmonic support or background for other musical layers
Antiphonic
Call and response between two groups
Background
Musical lines that are less prominent and provide a backdrop or foundation for the melody or the prominent line
Balance
How well the music lines are balanced in the texture
Blend
how well the instrumental voices emerge from a dense texture to take a foreground role and then disappear again into the background
Heterophonic
The simultaneous performance of the same melodic line, with slight individual variations, by two or more performers
Homophonic
Melody and accompaniment
Melody
The tune or the way pitch is organised horizontally
Monophonic
Solo melody with no accompaniment
Polyphonic
Two or more independent melodies
