Topmusicanswers
- What is imitation texture?
- How do you describe imitation in music?
- What is imitative texture in music?
- What does polyphonic mean in music?
What is imitation texture?
Imitation: A polyphonic musical texture in which a melodic idea is freely or strictly echoed by successive voices. A section of freer echoing in this manner if often referred to as a "point of imitation"; strict imitation is called "canon."
How do you describe imitation in music?
Imitation. Imitation is where a melody in one part is repeated a few notes later in a different part, overlapping the melody in the first part which continues. For example, a flute may imitate a tune just played by the oboe. Sometimes imitations contain slight changes to the tune to make it more interesting.
What is imitative texture in music?
A musical texture featuring two or more equally prominent, simultaneous melodic lines, those lines being similar in shape and sound. ... If the individual lines are similar in their shapes and sounds, the polyphony is termed imitative; but if the strands show little or no resemblance to each other, it is non-imitative.
What does polyphonic mean in music?
Polyphony, in music, the simultaneous combination of two or more tones or melodic lines (the term derives from the Greek word for “many sounds”). ... A subcategory of polyphony, called homophony, exists in its purest form when all the voices or parts move together in the same rhythm, as in a texture of block chords.
