Texture

Examples for aural analysis that includes monophonic, homophonic, polyphonic, and heterophonic textures for ID.

Texture ID

Unit 5-2 - Texture

Flip through the slides and identify each type of texture as monophonic, polyphonic, homophonic, or heterophonic.

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American Traditional, “Lonesome Valley”
Feature in the film O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Andrew Lloyd Weber, “Prima Donna”
From the musical, Phantom of the Opera (1986)

Blondie, “Heart of Glass,” chorus
From Parallel Lines (1978)

Claude-Michel Schonberg, “One More Day”
From the musical Les Misérables (1985)

Duke Ellington, “Take the A Train”
Arranged and performed by the World Saxophone Quartert

Eleanor Alberga, "Ride Through" (2015)

Hildegard von Bingen, “O virtus sapientiae”
Written ca. 1140–1179 [Score]

Meredith Willson, “Sincere”
From the musical Music Man (1957)

Stephen Schwartz, “All the Best”
From the musical Godspell (1971)

Valerie Coleman, "Danza de la Mariposa" (2008)

Open Music Theory, "Musical Texture" Worksheet
Scott Lipscomb, "Examples of Musical Texture"
Music By Women: Explore the Database (Click on the Texture Filter on the left and search by type, including polyphony, homophony, homorhythmic, monophony)

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