![]() ![]() Each line may be performed by a different instrument or vocalist, or by different parts of the same instrument or vocalist. Polyphonic texture is the term used to describe music that consists of multiple independent melodic lines occurring at the same time. So hopefully ive shown you examples of different styles of music and now you have an understanding of what they are and what they sound like.What is polyphonic texture in music 10 min read Reading Time: 7 minutes In my opinion this song has a Monophonic feel to it at the beginning but continues to grow into a powerful Polyphonic style then it moves again to Homophonic because all the people are singing the same melody line in sync and ending all together with all the people singing at once it creates a rich counterpoint effect to the piece. The definition of a Polyphonic style of music is more than one independent melody line playing at the same time. The reason 2:44 is a Polyphonic style of music is because it had multiple people singing different melody lines so in a way it sounds messy but fits together. ![]() Ok this last song is from one of my favorite musicals Les Miserable, So if you jump to 2:44 of the song it starts to show the polyphonic side of the song, What i mean by this is when you hear the song you notice at first its just Hugh Jackman singing and as the song progresses people take it in turns to sing on their own, Not together. ![]() This brings us onto the last style i will be describing in this blog. This song is monophonic but as the song starts to progress the band comes in playing repetitive riffs which creates a contrapuntal effect to his voice acting like an ostinato. but as the song progresses the monophonic side of the song goes and it turns into a whole different style but i used this clip of the song because its perfect for an example of Monophonic, which i describe as isolation because its one instrument/ vocal melody line not two so its on its own. When i listen this song it reminds me of tribal/ cultural singing off of a discover channel episode. If you listen to the song for the first 22 seconds its just the singer (Sully Erna) singing on his own singing which creates a single melody line. Now this bring us onto the next style of music Monophonic and this means a single melody line without anything accompanying it for example a single person singing a melody line with no instruments playing along with the singer just like in the song I’ve linked above called Voodoo by Godsmack. If you listen to all of the song a whole string sections comes into the mix of the song mainly in the chorus and the outro to give the song the amount of push it needs to show this is the chorus not a verse but the same thing is happening like the other instruments the strings are accompanying the melody line as 3:02 the song progresses the guitar plays a solo that acts like a contrapuntal device against the voice which gives a polyphonic effect by acting as a secondary counter-melody. As the song progresses the guitar comes in bringing another sound to the song but stays on the melody line of Miley’s voice so what is being show here is that the melody is the main part of this song and the instruments are accompanying her to create a fuller melody line. So the first style I’ve chosen to talk about is Homophonic which is one melody line played at a time but played by multiple instruments, So i have chosen Miley Cyrus The climb ( I know its a bit sad but its a perfect example) as the song starts with the Keyboard/ Piano playing Miley starts to sing and the way she sings isn’t a whole new melody it stays with the melody. Today im going to chose 3 songs which is an example of one of the three styles of music. ![]()
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