Musical Texture (Definition of Monophonic, Homophonic, Polyphonic, Heterophonic Textures)
Alisha Nypaver
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teh22szdnRQ

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0:03 Musical texture is the element of music that analyzes musical layers in terms of number and function.
0:10 The most basic texture is called monophonic. *music*
0:25 Monophonic texture has only one layer: a melody. *music*
0:44 With monophony, it doesn’t matter how many instruments and / or voices are present, as long as they are all singing or playing the same thing at the same time.
0:52 It also doesn’t matter if the voices or instruments are on the exact same frequency or if they are singing in octaves.
0:59 An octave is the distance between two musical pitches that sound almost the same, but one is higher and one is lower.
1:06 *music* It also doesn't matter if drums are present or not.
1:15 In most cases, drums, the rhythmic layer, are neither melody, nor harmony. and therefore are generally not considered when determining texture type.
1:24 *music* Too much monophony can be boring, so most music has another layer: harmony.
1:37 When a melody is supported by a harmony, the texture is homophonic. *music*
1:58 One layer grabs your attention, and the other layer is just hanging out in the background. Most popular music is homophonic.
2:06 *music* Notice how there was only one instrument in the previous example, a piano, but there were
2:24 two different things happening on that instrument: a melody and a harmony. What if a piece of music has multiple independent layers happening at the same time,
2:34 and you're not really sure which one is the melody? This is called polyphony.
2:39 Polyphony can occur if you have two totally separate melodies occurring simultaneously. *music*
3:07 Polyphonic texture can occurs if you take the same melody, but start it at staggered intervals. This is called a round.
3:14 *music* The last texture is called heterophony.
3:42 Heterophony is relatively rare in western music, but is very common in non-western music. It occurs when there are two or more versions of the same melody happening at the same time.
3:54 *music* Usually, one of the melody lines has more notes than the other – a kind of musical
4:02 decoration – and / or a slightly different rhythmic pattern. *music*
4:21 Songs will often use a variety of textures to keep the piece interesting. For instance, this song has monophony, homophony, and polyphony!
4:31 *music* Start trying to identify the musical textures in your favorite music!