Musical Textures

Monophany

Music with just one melody line and no harmony or accompaniment

Imitative Polyyphony

Musical texture where a short melody (motive) is introduced in one voice and then imitated, or echoed, by other voices at different times, creating interwoven, independent lines that share the same musical idea but staggered

Non-imitative Polyphony

A musical texture where two or more independent melodic lines are played or sung simultaneously, with little to no resemblance to each other in shape or sound

Accompanied Homophony

Q musical texture with a clear, dominant melody supported by harmonic accompaniment

Chordal Homophony

A musical texture where all voices or parts move together in the same rhythm, creating "block chords"

Heterophony

a musical texture where multiple performers play or sing variations of the same melody simultaneously, rather than harmonies or independent lines,