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Sep 6, 2021 · Welcome to Music With Meg - online music classes for children! Have fun while meeting new instruments, learning music theory and exploring the wonderful worl...
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- Monophonic Texture
- Homophony
- Polyphonic Musical Texture
- Heterophony
- Summary of Musical Textures
- Composing Using Different Musical Textures
The definition of monophonic music is taken from the Greek (mono-phonic), literally meaning “one sound”. A monophonic texture has a single line of melody without any harmony or any other form of accompaniment. Have a look at this visual diagram of a monophonic texture (the blue line is the solo melody): Monophony is the oldest type of music (it was...
The definition of homophony comes from the Greek (homo-phonic), literally meaning “same-sounding”. You can see from the diagram below that an accompaniment (green shading) has been added underneath the melody (blue line)to form a homophonic texture: In a strictly homophonic texture, the parts or voices move “in step” with one another rather than ha...
The definition of polyphonic texture comes from the Greek (poly-phonic), literally meaning “many sounds”. It describes music where several parts or voices are combined together contrapuntally or in counterpoint. You can see on this diagram of a polyphonic texture the different parts weaving in and out as they perform distinct melodic lines that com...
Heterophony is a less common musical texture, but it is useful to understand it. Heterophonic music is where a melody is varied by an additional voice/part at the same time as the original melody is being played. Heterophonic textures can be found in a wide range of music from jazz, folk music to the gamelan from Indonesia. It can also be found in ...
Here is a diagram showing all 4 of the textures we have looked at. I hope it helps summarise the topic for you:
You do not have to choose one texture to use for the whole of a piece of music you are writing. Many composers choose to use different textures within one piece of music/song. This is a great way of bringing contrastinto a piece. Have a listen to this acapella version of “You Raise Me Up” by BYU Vocal Point. The arrangement starts with a solo voice...
Feb 19, 2024 · Summing up texture. Texture is one of those words that we often hear in relation to music. It can be confusing, because in other aspects of life, texture is defined by what we can feel with our hands, and music is not a physical object we can hold and touch. Instead, texture in music deals with the overall quality of sound in a piece of music.
Definition of Music Texture: Describes the arrangement of melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic elements in a composition, focusing on their relationship and interaction. Examples of Musical Texture: Monophonic examples include Gregorian chants, homophonic texture is found in hymns, polyphonic texture is exemplified by Bach's fugues, and heterophonic texture is common in world music like Japanese ...
Texture in music - What is Texture?A supplementary video for Elementary Music (FOR GRADE 6, 5 AND 4) on QUARTER 4, WEEK 3 on DEPED MELCMusic 6 - Texture in M...
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What is texture? To create music we combine, mix and layer sounds. How the tempo, melody and harmony are combined in a musical composition. is the word we use to describe the way we do this ...
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Dec 30, 2020 · Texture in music refers to the number of musical lines and their density in a piece of music. In other words, texture in music is the relationship between the layers of sound or lines or voices. Some people will use the term “layers of sound” interchangeably with Texture. Texture in music can be described using several terms, but the ...
