1. (Mostly Greek) terms in traditional music

• Monophonic—Varèse, Density 21.5 (1936)
• Homophonic (or homorhythmic)—The Star Spangled Banner (arr. Sousa c. 1931)
• Melody+accompaniment (or homophonic, if you call the above example homorhythmic)—James Taylor “Sweet Baby James”
• Antiphonal/call-and-response—Miles Davis, “So What”
• Pointilistic—Webern, op. 27, no. 2 (1936)
• Polyphonic/contrapuntal
  • Imitative—J. S. Bach, “The Little” fugue in G minor (c. 1707, ar.. Stokowski c. 1944)
  • Free counterpoint—J. S. Bach, “Wachet Auf” chorale prelude (1731)
• Heterophony—”Lonesome Valley” sung by the Fairfield Four

2. Textural devices

• Ostinato/riff/vamp—Holst, The Planets, mvt. 7 Mars, the Bringer of War (1916), Beatles, “Day Tripper” (1965)
• Descant—Mendelssohn, Wesley, et al (it’s complicated), “Hark, the Herald Angels Sing”
• Drone—Haydn, Symphony 104, mvt. 4 (1795)
• Fill—Gershwin,Rhapsody in Blue (1924)
• Accent—Rachmaninov, Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Variation 2 (1934)
• Hocket—Rachmaninov, Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Variation 5 (1934)
• Pad—Rachmaninov, Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Variation 6 (1934)

3. Texture can describe one moment or one voice among many

Mozart, Piano sonata No. 16, K. 545 (1788)

Stockhausen, Kontakte (1960) excerpt:

• The score pp. 18–19
• The recording