If you listen to the song for the first 22 seconds its just the singer (Sully Erna) singing on his own singing which creates a single melody line. Now this bring us onto the next style of music Monophonic and this means a single melody line without anything accompanying it for example a single person singing a melody line with no instruments playing along with the singer just like in the song I’ve linked above called Voodoo by Godsmack. If you listen to all of the song a whole string sections comes into the mix of the song mainly in the chorus and the outro to give the song the amount of push it needs to show this is the chorus not a verse but the same thing is happening like the other instruments the strings are accompanying the melody line as 3:02 the song progresses the guitar plays a solo that acts like a contrapuntal device against the voice which gives a polyphonic effect by acting as a secondary counter-melody. As the song progresses the guitar comes in bringing another sound to the song but stays on the melody line of Miley’s voice so what is being show here is that the melody is the main part of this song and the instruments are accompanying her to create a fuller melody line. So the first style I’ve chosen to talk about is Homophonic which is one melody line played at a time but played by multiple instruments, So i have chosen Miley Cyrus The climb ( I know its a bit sad but its a perfect example) as the song starts with the Keyboard/ Piano playing Miley starts to sing and the way she sings isn’t a whole new melody it stays with the melody. See chapter 1, Fundamental Musical Concepts and Forms, "Texture.Today im going to chose 3 songs which is an example of one of the three styles of music. I referenced the textbook Music Then and Now by Thomas Forrest Kelly to ensure the accuracy of my answer. If this does not answer your question, please be more specific. This question is categorized as "physics" but I am unsure which sort of physical explanation might be sought after specifically in terms of musical textures. You may compare and contrast these explanations to answer your question. A singer and a guitar, for example, are not exactly homophonic, but close. Note that most pieces are not all one texture or another. An example is the section in the "Hallelujah" chorus where the choir sings "And he shall reign for ever and ever." Additionally, Pachelbel's Canon is polyphonic. A good example is the moment in the "Hallelujah" chorus where the chorus sings a series of "Hallelujahs" in the same rhythm.Ī polyphonic texture refers to a web of autonomous melodies, each of which contributes to the texture and the harmony of the piece but is a separate and independent strand in the fabric, so to speak. Homophonic music has one clear melodic line, the part that draws your attention, and all other parts provide accompaniment. An example of monophony is one person whistling a tune, or a more musical example is the clarinet solo that forms the third movement of Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time.Ī homophonic texture refers to music where there are many notes at once, but all moving in the same rhythm. We refer to these overall effects as texture.Ī monophonic texture refers to music with a single melodic line (no harmony or counterpoint) sounding the same thing at the same time-whether played or sung, performed on a single instrument or by a voice or voices and instruments playing in unison. More often we might have several different instruments playing together, each with its bit of melody, or a song that has a chordal accompaniment on piano. Most of the music we listen to consists of more than a single melodic line.
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