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Music Texture
Grade 8
Made by Student Teacher Xining Tang
 Music Texture: In music, texture is how the tempo, melodic,
and harmonic materials are combined in a musical composition,
determining the overall quality of the sound in a piece.
 Types of Music Texture
Monophonic Texture

Music with a single melodic line, without accompaniment or harmony.

Mon Phoni
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One Sound
Thick monophonic texture:
voices and instruments in
octaves.
Homophonic Texture
Music with a single dominant melody accompanied by chords or harmonies.

Most popular music is homophonic= Melody + Harmony/Chords

 Music Texture: In music, texture is how the tempo, melodic,
and harmonic materials are combined in a musical composition,
The texture is often described
determining in regard
the overall to the
quality density,
of the soundorin
thickness
a piece., and range, or
width, between lowest and highest pitches, in relative terms as well as more
specifically distinguished according to the number of voices, or parts, and the
relationship between these voices.
 Let’s
Compose!
 YOU CAN DO IT!

Create a short piece that is in Monophony texture by your own.

After that, create a short piece of music in homophonic texture

based on your monophony composition.

Polyphonic Texture
Music with multiple independent melodic lines happening simultaneously,
creating intricate harmonies

Poly means many

 Heterophonic Texture
Music where multiple performers play or sing variations of the same melody
simultaneously, resulting in slight differences in timing, ornamentation, or pitch.
Hetero means different
Recap Monophonic

The 4 music textures are : Homophonic

Polyphonic

Heterophonic
Listen and analyze the music textures of the
given piece.
-The prayer
Texture in Musical Notation
 Activity 1

Analyze your music piece

Activity 2

Perform different
textures!

Group the class into 4 groups and

each group choose one texture to
perform.
 Quiz
Identify the textures
The end and
thanks!