Texture
- Created by: GrB
- Created on: 06-10-15 11:58
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- Texture
- Monophonic
- One line of music
- Thin texture
- No harmony
- Polyphonic/ Contrapuntal
- Two tunes being played at the same time
- Parts which move in contrary motion
- Homophonic
- The lines of music move at the same time
- Melody and Chords
- Parallel motion, parts move with the same interval between them
- Heterophonic
- Only one melody
- All instruments play the tune but often at different times
- Imitation
- A short phrase which is repeated with slight changes
- Canon/ Round
- Every part plays the same melody
- Canons are contrapuntal or polyphonic
- Often used in Baroque muisc
- Looping and Layering
- Looping is repeating a recording of music
- Layering is different loops being played at the same time
- Unison
- More than on instrument playing the same melody at the same pitch
- Octaves
- More than one instrument playing the same part at different ranges
- Antiphonal
- Two parts playing different parts at different times in alternate phrases
- Monophonic
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