Musical Texture

Texture is...

• How loud or soft the music is played

• The number of layers in music and the relationship between the layers

• Combinations of long and short notes and rests

• The main idea that is a single line of notes

Monophonic Texture is...

• A texture with a melody and harmony

• How fast or slow the music is played

• A texture with many melodic lines playing at the same time

• A texture with a single layer; one melodic line

Homophonic texture is...

• A texture with a melody and harmony

• A texture with a single layer; one melodic line

• A texture with many melodic lines playing at the same time

• Two or more instruments or voices playing or singing the same pitches

Polyphonic texture is...

• A texture with a single layer; one melodic line

• Two or more instruments or voices playing or singing the same pitches

• A texture with many melodic lines playing at the same time

• A texture with a melody and harmony

Unison is...

• Two or more pitches at the same time that support the melody

• Two or more instruments or voices playing or singing the same pitches at the same time

• Two or more people singing the same words at the same time

• A texture with a melody and harmony

Melody is...

• How loud or soft the music is played

• Two or more voices singing the same pitches at the same time

• Two or more pitches played at the same time

• The main idea made up of a single line of notes

Harmony is...

• Two or more pitches played at the same time that support the melody

• Two or more voices or instruments playing the same pitches at the same time

• The main idea made up of a single line of notes

• A texture with a single layer; one melodic line