Can You Hear
Texture In Music?
Michael Bower
Music
Capistrano Elementary School
January 13, 2003
What Is Texture?
Textureis the This
way melody and chord
makes
harmony go
harmony.
together.
This is a
melody.
There Are Three
Textures In Music:
Monophonic
Polyphonic
Homophonic
Monophonic
Texture
This is a
simple melody
without
harmony or
chords.
Polyphonic
Texture
This is music
that has two
or more voices
playing at the
same time.
Homophonic
Texture
In this music
the melody
and harmony
move
together.