Polyphony Occurs When Several Meters Are Played Simultaneously

Study Music Appreciation Test 1 Flashcards at ProProfs - Terms from review sheet. Two or more melodies played simultaneously. Imitation: One motive begins and others enter at different pitch levels. Music Appreciation Test 2. Music Appreciation. Music Appreciation. Music Appreciation.

1. Polyphony Occurs When Several Meters Are Played Simultaneously. True False

Polyphony Occurs When Several Meters Are Played Simultaneously. True False

Chapter 24 Polyphonic Inter-Animation of Voices in VMT. Polyphony may occur in texts; we will show that it can occur in problem-solving chat texts. Played simultaneously. Stern Sense of Music. The occurrence of a strong accent on a part of the measure where an accent does not usually occur, this accent replacing the normally.

MUSIC APPRECIATION - ASSIGNMENTS::::::::TEXTURE,HARMONY and FORMTEXTURETexturehas to do with the way various musical sounds and melodiclines blend. It is the interrelationship of voices and instruments.When hearing texture in music one must ask oneself how manymelodies are occurring and how are they related? The threetextures in music are.

A composition can start in one textureand move freely into another.MonophonicPolyphonicHomophonicMONOPHONICOne main melody. (mono=one, phony=sound). A single-line melodyunadorned and unaccompanied. Often monophonic texture is notenough information to continue to hold ones attention as anartistic experience.

The exceptions are vocal chants such asplainsong and certain pieces sung a cappella such as, AmazingGrace.POLYPHONICTwoor more melodies of equal importance played or sung simultaneously.The term frequently applied to polyphonic texture is counterpointor contrapuntal. There are two types of polyphony.IMITATIVEPOLYPHONYMelodiclines sounding together with the same or quite similar melodiesat staggered time intervals. Strict imitative polyphony usesthe same melody that copies itself which is called canon orround. In non-strict imitative polyphony you hear imitationbut it is not the exact melody chasing itself but a very similarone.NON-IMITATIVEPOLYPHONYTwocompletely different melodies going on at the same time. Twodistinctly different melodic layers floating in and out ofeach other.HOMOPHONICOnemain melody of real interest combined with other sounds thatare markedly subsidiary. The 'melody and accompaniment'of music. One main melody with every thing else accompaniment.A principal melodic line with subordinate sounds used as supportiveaccompaniment.

HARMONYThesimultaneous sounding of two or more pitches. Anotherword for harmony is chord. A chord usually consists ofthree notes that make up what is called a triad.

A triadconsists of a root (the note that the chord is named after)a third (the note three steps away from the root) anda fifth (the note five steps away from the root). 1 35 = triad.Harmoniesor chords can support a melody by sounding together verticallyin time. Or, when two or more melodies overlap, the pointof simultaneous sound is where the harmony occurs.

Thatis a more horizontal relationship.MELODYHARMONYWhennotes or a chord or harmony sound simultaneously it can producestability or tension. These two types of harmonies are referredto as:CONSONANCEHarmonythat is stable, non active, agreeable, free of tension, blendingand resolved.DISSONANCEHarmonythat is unstable, in opposition, conflicting, jarring andunresolved.

A dissonant chord leaves the listener with a feelingof expectation. It takes a consonant chord to complete thegesture created by a dissonance. Most good music has a combinationof consonance and dissonance.Harmonies move in progressions that help form the key of apiece.

Each key is positioned around a tonic and harmony canbe formed from the tonic note or any other scale degree.Harmonies can also help to change the key of a composition,when necessary. The processes of changing keys in music iscalled modulation.

Harmonylike scales can be major or minor and classical music usesthose two primarily but eventually you will hear about orget to know diminished, half-diminished, augmented, dominantseventh and many more types of chords or harmonies.FORMFormrelates to the organization of music, its structure or plan.A compositions ideas in time creates its form. The form ofa composition also has to do with its shape, arrangement andrelationship of various musical elements.

Form is perceivedin terms of repetition, contrast, or variation. Form is usuallydiagrammed with letters to indicate how sections relate toeach other through statement, departure or return. Composersneed some structure to their pieces. It is easier for a composerto be creative when there is some guideline to follow. Beloware some of the basic forms.

There are five basic forms forwhich much of music is organized in.STROPHI CThemusical form having one section only with the same music playedor sung on each repeat; diagrammed as A.Inthe popular spiritual 'Amazing Grace' the changinglyrics holds the listeners attention while the melody staysthe same with each verse.A. Throughmany dangers, toils and snares.we have already come.T'was Grace that brought us safe thus far.and Grace will lead us home.BINARYThemusical form having two contrasting sections, a first statementfollowed by a contrasting statement; diagrammed as AB forexample the folk song 'TwinkleTwinkle Little Star.' AOh,say, can you see, by the dawn's early light,What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's lastleaming?Whose broad stripes and bright stars,thro' the perilous fight,O'er the ramparts we watch'd,were so gallantly streaming? Andthe rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting inair,Gave proof thro' the night that our flag was stillthere.O say, does that star-spangled banner yet waveO'er the land of the free and the home of thebrave?Listento Ternary form in Beethoven's piano piece, 'Eccosaise.' The A sectionThe B sectionThe AB and then return to A sectionTERNARYThethree part musical form in which the last section repeatsthe first.

A musical form having a departure from the firstsection and then a return of the first section; diagrammedABA. For example the folk song 'TwinkleTwinkle LittleStar.' Twinkle,twinkle little starHow I wonder what you are.VARIATIONThemusical form or repeating a clearly defined melody (theme)and successively changing it artfully and cleverly withoutever losing touch with the original melody. In variation form,as each section re-dresses the main theme, the main themeis always present in the listener's ear; diagrammed asATherewas a man lived in the moon,lived in the moon, lived in the moon,Therewas a man lived in the moon,And his name was Aiken Drum;Andhe played upon a ladle,a ladle, a ladle,Andhe played upon a ladle,And his name was Aiken Drum.