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Texture and Textural Reduction

Texture and Textural Reduction. Chapter 7. Texture. The way melodic, rhythmic, harmonic materials are combined Density Thick (many voices) or thin (few voices) Range Wide (large interval) or narrow (small interval). Texture Types. Monophonic Single melodic line Polyphonic

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Texture and Textural Reduction

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  1. Texture and Textural Reduction Chapter 7

  2. Texture • The way melodic, rhythmic, harmonic materials are combined • Density • Thick (many voices) or thin (few voices) • Range • Wide (large interval) or narrow (small interval)

  3. Texture Types • Monophonic • Single melodic line • Polyphonic • Two or more lines • Lines move independently • Homophonic • Melody with accompaniment • Homorhythmic • Similar rhythm in all parts • “hymn style”

  4. Analysis of Texture • Primary melody (PM) • Most important melody • Secondary melody (SM) • Less important than PM • Parallel supporting melody (PSM) • Similar in contour to PM • Static support (SS) • Sustained or repeated tones • Harmonic and rhythmic support (HRS) • Establish chords and basic rhythm of piece • Can be separated into HS and RS

  5. Textural Reduction • Rewrite of a piece in block chords • Outlines the harmonic rhythm of the piece • How often the chords change • Helpful in doing RN analysis

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