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Texture
Texture is how the lines in a piece fit together: how many there are, and what each one does. Three words describe it.
Plain prints every note in black, without the color coding.
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Three textures
- Monophonic: Für Elise, bars 36–38, the right hand alone0:07
- Homophonic: La Candeur, bars 1–2, a tune over held chords0:06
- Polyphonic: Minuet in G, bars 7–8, two tunes at once0:06
Two kinds of homophonic music
- A tune and an accompaniment (ballad pattern)0:09
- Chords that move with the tune0:09
The texture can change
- Musette in D, bars 1–4: a tune over a drone, then one line in octaves0:11
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