Exploring Tone, Texture, and Timbre
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Objective
I can describe how tone, texture, and timbre create different sounds in music.
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Music Matters · 7:44
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Key concepts
3 concepts
- 1
Texture in music refers to how sound is organized in a piece.
- 2
A monophonic texture has one sound, while a polyphonic texture has multiple lines imitating each other.
- 3
Homophonic textures are organized vertically with chords, while polyphonic textures have lines moving horizontally.
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Practice
3 questions
Imagine you hear a song with only one person singing a melody. What word describes the texture of this music?
Describe the difference between a 'thick' and a 'thin' texture in music. Give an example of when you might hear each one.
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Exit ticket
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“Think about a song you know. Does the song have a thick or thin texture? What makes it thick or thin?”
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