Homophonic
What Homophonic means in Music GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
A texture where one melody is supported by block chords, so the parts are not independent melodic lines.
A melody with chordal support, contrasted with monophonic texture.
Topics that use Homophonic
- Appendix 3: Musical vocabulary - Sonority and texture (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Accompaniment and harmony
- Basso continuo
- Changes of sonority
- Figured bass realisation
- Imitation and contrapuntal writing
- Listening and identification
- Monophonic
- Monophonic, homophonic and polyphonic textures
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