West-texture(polyphonic,counterpoint)

=__Texture __ = =__ Overview __= = Texture can be described as the way musical characteristics are combined in a piece of music to create the overall sound. Musical texture can be thinner or thicker. If the texture is thinner this means that there is less going on, for example no harmony. If the texture is thick there might be harmony or people singing in a round. If there is more texture it creates a deeper sound piece that evokes more emotion. There are different terms for different types of texture. The overall sound of the music can be affected by these different types. = = __Counterpoint__ = In a piece of music if there are two or more lines occurring at the same time it is called contraptual – each of these melodic lines are called a counterpoint. If there is only one melodic line only accompanied with rhythm it is not counterpoint. Even in choral pieces where there may be four parts there may not always be counterpoint. If the parts are not independent enough or one part is dominating another it does not qualify as counterpoint. Music that is made of a collection of counterpoints is called polyphony.

__Polyphony__ Polyphony is one type of texture, that occurs when two or more musical linesare played at the same time in a piece of music – an example of polyphonic texture is when two melodic voices are used to create a harmony such as the harmony shown in the example below. Polyphony was commonly used during the Baroque period and has been used in many famous pieces such as Handel's Messiah, in the closing Amen chorous.

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