Musical Texture Homework

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All questions are based on pages 70 – 74 in the textbook.

1. Define Musical Texture. Pg 70

2. When composers vary the textures within their music, what does it create? Pg 70

3. Define Monophonic texture. Pg 70

4. Name 2 types of music in Monophonic Texture. (vocab sheet).

5. Define Homophonic Texture. Pg 72

6. Name one type of music in Homophonic Texture. (vocab sheet)

7. Define Polyphonic texture. Pg 70

8. Name one type of music in Polyphonic Texture. (vocab sheet)

9. How many textures are used in the Hallelujah by Handel? Pg 208 – 10

10. List the words Handel uses in Hallelujah for each texture. Pg 209 – 210

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