MUSICAL TEXTURE Monophonic Polyphonic Homophonic
MUSICAL TEXTURE Monophonic 1 melodic line Unison if more Can have 1 or more than one voice or instrument playing/singing the same line
MUSICAL TEXTURE Polyphonic more than 1 melodic line combined to make COUNTERPOINT Imitation = Row Row Row Your boat …as a Round in strict imitation no always the case
MUSICAL TEXTURE Homophonic 1 melody accompanied by chords most Common Western today when chords become more than just whole or 1/2 notes we can push boundaries of polyphonic
MUSICAL FORM techniques for: Repetition / Contrast / Variation Modern forms (verse /pre- chorus/Chorus/bridge/solo) strange to have a THRU composed
MUSICAL FORM Two Part (Binary Form) Form AB can subdivide or like AABB ABB AAB
MUSICAL FORM THREE PART (Tertiary) form ABA’ or ABC (can be subdivided)
modern POP song forms verse/ chorus/solos / bridge/ intro / tags/ outro/ inst break / ect… IN CLASS EXERCISE Analyze FORM of: Help Hard Days Night My Hero
HELP by The Beatles Intro (A) Verse (B ) Chorus (C) Verse 2 (B’) Chorus (C) Verse 3 (B’’) Chorus (C) TAG
HARD DAYS NIGHT by The Beatles Verse 1 (A) Verse 2 (A’) Bridge (B) Verse 1 (A) Guitar solo (A’’) ½ verse (1/2 A) Bridge (B) Verse 1 (A) TAG
HOMEWORK Assignment 3 Pick your own song to write out form