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Variations in Texture

The document discusses different types of musical textures including monophonic, homophonic, and polyphonic textures. Monophonic texture consists of a single melodic line without accompaniment. Homophonic texture features a main melody accompanied by chords. Polyphonic texture involves two or more independent melodies of equal importance performed simultaneously.

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Variations in Texture

The document discusses different types of musical textures including monophonic, homophonic, and polyphonic textures. Monophonic texture consists of a single melodic line without accompaniment. Homophonic texture features a main melody accompanied by chords. Polyphonic texture involves two or more independent melodies of equal importance performed simultaneously.

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Variations in Texture: Monophonic, Homophonic and Polyphonic

Texture
Texture
- It is the combination of materials in a composition that are
rhythmic, melodic and harmonic in structure.
- It is the coordination of between voices and instrumental
sounds.
- It is the over-all quality of a single or several layers of the
sound heard of the same time.
- It also refers to the thickness and thinness of the music.
 Texture in music or layers of sound can be a melody alone, two or more
melodies sounded together, or a melody with chords.
 The layers the sound heard in a musical composition may vary. We describe
them as Monophonic, Homophonic and Polyphonic.

Monophonic Texture
- It consists of single melodic line without accompaniment.
- It is also called “one voice”.
- It is also called acapella.
- When a group of persons sing one melodic line in unison
without accompaniment, a monophonic texture is performed.
Homophonic Texture
- When the main melody is accompanied by chords or by an
instrument like a guitar or a piano, its texture said to be
homophonic.
- The voice and the accompaniment is the most used often.
Polyphonic Texture
- When two or more voices sing the melody but observe different
rhythms, with or without accompaniment, the composition has
polyphonic texture.
- They have many sounds.
- 2 or more independent melodies of equal importance are
performed simultaneously.
 Counterpoint
- It is the combination of two or more independent voices or
melodies but are harmonically interdependent.
- One of the examples of this are round songs and partner songs.
Round Songs
- These are melodies sung repeatedly.
- A group starts singing and then another group starts singing it
then.
- It is also known as canon.
- Canon is the musical composition sung by two or more groups.
- Most well-known canon is “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”.
- It is also called three-part round.

 Harmony
- Sounding of more two or more tones at the same time.
- The pleasing combination of the notes.

Partner Songs
- These are two independent songs that are sung together.
- This means that is a song A has a time signature of 3/4, the time
signature of song B must be ¾ too.
- Its examples are “Leron Leron Sinta” and “Ako Kini SInig
Angi”.
- The melodies of a partner song fit together in such way to
sound pleasing when performed together.

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