4/24/2015 Counterpoint Writing a composition in a way that makes multiple musical Texture in Music lines distinct from one another How much is going on in the music at any given time Homophonic: one melody with Monophonic accompianment One melodic line or melody Chordal Homophony: every line moving in same rhythm Absence of harmony (like a hymn) Can be doubled, even at the octave Melody with accompaniment: still only one line, but accompaniment not the same rhythm Octave doubling is not the same as parallel octaves – only one voice is still there, just reinforced Marriage of Figaro Opening https://www . youtube.com/watch?v=8OZCyp-LcGw Homophony: Melody with Homophony: Melody with Accompaniment Accompaniment Ostinato (meaning obstinate or unceasing): short melodic, Walking Bass: bass accompaniment of regular quarter notes rhythmic, or harmonic pattern repeated throughout (jazz or blues), mixture of scales, arpeggios, and passing composition tones outlines chord progression of tune Arpeggiated bass accompianment: broke chords in arpeggios Ragtime: features “ragged” accompaniment (syncopated, (1-3-5-1-3-5) chordal) Alberti bass accompianment: broken chords (1-5-3-5-1-5-3- Counter Melody: a secondary melody or line played 5) simultaneously with a more prominent melody 1 4/24/2015 Polyphonic: more than one melody Hetrophonic Non-Imitative Polyphony: voices show little or no One melody, but different variations of it being sung or resemblance played at the same time Imitative polyphony: voices are similar in shape or rhythm Bluegrass, gamelon, eastern music Fugue: form of Broque composition where the theme Obscure in Western music (SUBJECT) is introduced by one voice, and imitated by others in succession Fugal imitation: imitation is transposed at a different interval (usually a P4/P5) Texture: other terms Solo/soli Tutti Register Tessitura 2.