Fill in the Blanks Texture and Musical Form 1Online version An exercise reviewing texture and musical form. by PROYECTO ORFEO 1 monophonic homophonic uniphonic polyphonic Whenever a single melodic voice is present , the texture is . 2 melodic rhythmic textural chordal When harmony is present , homophonic texture is created . 3 independent multiple polyphonic When the melodic voices are from one another , we call this texture . 4 tonal chordal lead accompanying In accompanied melodies , voices provide support for the melodic voice . 5 repeated irregular letter number same Repetition is when a section is . We represent them with the . 6 apostrophe period hyphen comma Variation is when some sections are similar to each other but not the same . We represent them with the same letter but add an . 7 comparable different somewhat different alphabetical reverse alphabetical Contrast is when the sections are . We use different letters in order to represent them . 8 strophic rondo binary ternary Most folk and popular songs are in form . 9 formal secondary minor Strophic form is a way of structuring a piece of music based on the repetition of one section . 10 long repeated singular Binary form uses two sections . Each section is often . 11 fourth third four firs three Ternary form has parts . In Western classical music , a simple ternary form has a section that is a recapitulation of the 12 singular similar Rondo recurring Strophic different form has a theme alternating with sections called episodes . It may be asymmetrical or symmetrical . 13 rhythm melody tonality variation The three fundamental characteristics of musical form are repetition , and contrast . 14 beats voices rhythms instruments Texture is a basic element of music which describes the relationship among different musical .