1. Texture and Textural Reduction
Chapter 7

2. Texture The way melodic, rhythmic, harmonic materials are combined
Density
Thick (many voices) or thin (few voices)
Range
Wide (large interval) or narrow (small interval)

3. Texture Types Monophonic Polyphonic Homophonic Homorhythmic
Single melodic line
Polyphonic
Two or more lines
Lines move independently
Homophonic
Melody with accompaniment
Homorhythmic
Similar rhythm in all parts
“hymn style”

4. Analysis of Texture Primary melody (PM) Secondary melody (SM)
Most important melody
Secondary melody (SM)
Less important than PM
Parallel supporting melody (PSM)
Similar in contour to PM
Static support (SS)
Sustained or repeated tones
Harmonic and rhythmic support (HRS)
Establish chords and basic rhythm of piece
Can be separated into HS and RS

5. Textural Reduction Rewrite of a piece in block chords
Outlines the harmonic rhythm of the piece
How often the chords change
Helpful in doing RN analysis