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- What are examples of homophonic songs?
- What is a homophonic texture?
- Is Choir a homophonic?
- Is basso continuo homophonic?
What are examples of homophonic songs?
Homophony
- A classic Scott Joplin rag such as “Maple Leaf Rag” or “The Entertainer”
- The “graduation march” section of Edward Elgar's “Pomp and Circumstance No. 1”
- The “March of the Toreadors” from Bizet's Carmen.
- No. 1 (“Granada”) of Albeniz' Suite Espanola for guitar.
What is a homophonic texture?
A musical texture consisting of one melody and an accompaniment that supports it. Homophony is a musical texture of several parts in which one melody predominates; the other parts may be either simple chords or a more elaborate accompaniment pattern.
Is Choir a homophonic?
Homophony means music in which the voices or instruments sing or play chords (chords are when two or more notes are played together.) In homophonic music all the choir (sopranos, altos, tenors and basses) are singing the same words at the same time. ... This is what happens in hymn singing. The opposite is polyphony.
Is basso continuo homophonic?
Homophonic (melody plus accompaniment) textures emerge including the use of basso continuo (a continuous bass line over which chords were built used to accompany a melodic line)
