What are the different textures?
Homophonic/ contrapuntal
Unison
Polyphonic
Homophonic
Where you hear a melody with accompaniment, or where all parts move together in harmony
Polyphonic
A texture which consists of 2 or more independent melodic lines.
Unison
Two players or singers sounding the same notes at the same time
Contrapuntal
Another word for ‘Polyphonic’
All the bases
ground bass
walking bass
alberti bass
inverted pedal
pedal
A short, repeated pattern, often heard in the guitar in popular music
riff
A repeating melodic or rhythmic pattern
ostinato
each part has the same melody entering one after the other
canon
a structure with a recurring section e.g ABACA
rondo form