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What are the musical textures?

Monophony

* One single independent melodic line without accompaniment

>Examples: Gregorian chant, some folk songs

Heterophony

* One main melodic line with one or more accompanying parts playing slight variations at the same time

>Examples: Early Renaissance music, some traditional musics

Homophony

* Two or more parts moving together in the same rhythm; the main melody with subordinate lines

>Examples: Most hymns, pop songs, some marches

Polyphony

* Two or more independent melodic lines played simultaneously

>Examples: Renaissance and Baroque music, fugue, rounds

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