Module Overview

This module aims to give students the ability to:

identify different types of textures;

identify roles of instruments in various settings and instrumentation; 

identify harmonic, melodic and formal analytical procedures in various textures;

identify scores of different textural settings and how it achieves overall musical structure and character;

demonstrate the importance of texture as a tool for musical discourse.

 
Upon completion of the module a student should be able to

identify both aurally and visually texture type;

describe principal elements of the texture (foreground, middleground, background);

utilise these techniques to complete short exercises scoring from two-stave examples;

make critical judgments and observations about works based on different textures and timbres.