Monophonic – one line of music being played alone (by one or
more parts)
‘bach prelude’
(throughout)
Homophonic – Parts play together in chords
‘and so it goes’ (throughout)or
22 bon iver from vocals start
Melody Dominated Homophony – melody and accompaniment
Brown Grass, Gregory
Porter (throughout)
Polyphonic – lots of different parts playing intertwined with
each other
Hello Goodbye, the
Beatles (second chorus)
Monody – solo voice with a continuo accompaniment (partially improvised on
bass/cello etc)
