_________refers to the linear presentation (horizontal) of pitch. By horizontal, it means that in musical notation, it is read in succession from left to right. Pitch is the highness or lowness of musical sound.

Two types of Melody

A melody that is the basis for an extended musical work

It arises when pitches are combined to form chords. When several combinatio notes are simultaneously played, this refers to a chord.________& can be described in terms of its 'harshness"; dissonance is the harshsounding combination while consonance is the smooth-sounding combination.

________ is often described in terms of its relative HARSHNESS

A harsh-sounding harmonic combination

A smooth-sounding harmonic combination

_________chords produce musical tension which is often released by resolving to consonant chords. Since we all have different opinions about consonance and dissonance, these terms are somewhat subjective

Dissonant chords produce musical tension which is often released by resolving to ______chords. Since we all have different opinions about consonance and dissonance, these terms are somewhat subjective

Harmony created out of the ancient medieval/Renaissance modes

Harmony that focuses on a "Home" Key center

Modern harmony that AVOIDS any sense of a 'home" Key center

________is often likened to the color of music. It is a quality that distinguishes a voice or an instrument from another.

The number of melodies, the type of layers, and their relatedness in a composition is the texture of music.

Types of texture

single melodic line

two or more melodic lines

main melody accompanied by chords

Music with only one note sounding at a time (having no harmony or accompaniment).

Music with two or more notes sounding at a the same time, but generally featuring a prominent melody in the upper part, supported by a less intricate harmonic accompaniment underneath (often based on homogenous chords-BLOCKS of sound).

Music with two or more independent melodies sounding at the same time. The most intricate types of polyphonic texture- canon and fugue-may introduce three, four, five or more independent melodies simultaneously! This manner of writing is called COUNTERPOINT.