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  2. Heterophony - Wikipedia

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    In music, heterophony is a type of texture characterized by the simultaneous variation of a single melodic line. Such a texture can be regarded as a kind of complex monophony in which there is only one basic melody, but realized at the same time in multiple voices, each of which plays the melody differently, either in a different rhythm or tempo, or with various embellishments and elaborations ...

  3. Lining out - Wikipedia

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    Lining out first appears in 17th century Britain when literacy rates were low and books were expensive. [1] [2] Precenting the line was characterised by a slow, drawn-out heterophonic and often profusely ornamented melody, while a clerk or precentor (song leader) chanted the text line by line before it was sung by the congregation.

  4. Call and response (music) - Wikipedia

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    It has influenced popular music singing styles. [10] Presentinge line was characterized a slow, drawn-out heterophonic and often profusely ornamented melody, while a clerk or precentor (song leader) chanted the text line by line before it was sung by the congregation. Scottish Gaelic psalm-singing by prepresentinge line was the earliest form of ...

  5. Texture (music) - Wikipedia

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    The most common texture in Western music: melody and accompaniment. Multiple voices of which one, the melody, stands out prominently and the others form a background of harmonic accompaniment. If all the parts have much the same rhythm, the homophonic texture can also be described as homorhythmic.

  6. Organum - Wikipedia

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    Organum [a] (/ ˈ ɔːr ɡ ə n əm /) is, in general, a plainchant melody with at least one added voice to enhance the harmony, developed in the Middle Ages.Depending on the mode and form of the chant, a supporting bass line (or bourdon) may be sung on the same text, the melody may be followed in parallel motion (parallel organum), or a combination of both of these techniques may be employed.

  7. Traditional sub-Saharan African harmony - Wikipedia

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    Traditional sub-Saharan African harmony is a music theory of harmony in sub-Saharan African music based on the principles of homophonic parallelism (chords based around a leading melody that follow its rhythm and contour), homophonic polyphony (independent parts moving together), counter-melody (secondary melody) and ostinato-variation (variations based on a repeated theme).

  8. The 77 best summer songs to listen to with the windows down

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    Baby, this song makes us want to roll the windows down and cruise, Chevy lift kit and all. Florida Georgia Line's 2013 country crossover hit completely captures the essence of driving down the ...

  9. Yardena Alotin - Wikipedia

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    Her music uses a multitude of polyphonic textures, as well as more heterophonic textures in her vocal and instrumental works. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] She often employs a contrapuntal use of lines that feature hemiola, cross-rhythm and phrasing, irregular phrasing and metric accents, rhythmic ostinatos, and mixed meters.