Minor Scales and Key Signatures, Melody, Timbre, and Texture

Polyphonic

Heterophonic

Homorhythmic

Monophonic

Non-imitative polyphony

Homorhythmic texture

Imitative polyphony

Melody with accompaniment texture

This technique underscores cadences through synchronized conclusions.

Phase shifting maintains static harmony resulting in unchanging formal sections.

It generates evolving textures that gradually transform themes over time.

It reinforces traditional forms such as sonata-allegro through clear sections.

Counterpoint

Alberti bass

Planning

Chordal homophony

It simplifies rhythms by aligning all vocal parts rhythmically on strong beats only.

It results in homorhythmic texture through periodic regular accentuation patterns.

It adds rhythmic complexity by emphasizing weak beats or offbeats.

Syncopation repeats identical rhythms across all parts, leading to monophony.

The melody is predominant while the harmonies provide supportive accompaniment.

A single unaccompanied melody line is presented without harmonies.

Both melody and harmonies are independent and equally important.

Multiple melodies interact with each other without harmonic support.

Homophonic textures combines single melody line with momentary chordal accompaniment resembling chorale style.

Monophonic texture emphasizes one main melody without any form harmonious accompaniment throughout piece.

Polyphonic texture refers to multiple independent melodies interwoven simultaneously competing attention.

Anthemral textures use alternation between soloistic passages and choral responses but not necessarily block chords.

Verse-chorus form

ABA form

Head arrangement

Chorus form

Contrapuntal

Ostinato

Heterophony

Parallelism

By introducing conflicting meters that require listeners to perceive multiple pulse layers simultaneously.

The introduction of cross-rhythm enhances traditional meter by emphasizing existing downbeats consistently across all instruments.

Cross-rhythm only affects tempo modulation without making any substantial changes to metric organization.

Cross-rhythm simplifies rhythmic interpretation by aligning all instruments into synchronized accent patterns.