When we talk about the “texture” of a piece of music, we’re referring to the way its sonic ingredients—voices, instruments, rhythmic motifs, and harmonic progressions—interlock, echo, or compete. In ...

We have all heard it, yet most of us would not be able to name it. The term polyphony (from the Greek for “many sounds”) is used to describe music that employs simultaneous yet independent melodies.

Some music is written with ‘block’ chords, some has weaving parts and some music has no harmony at all. These are all examples of textures in music. Texture comes in three kinds - unison, homophonic ...