A Guide to Musical Texture

http://www.uwosh.edu/faculty_staff/liske/musicalelements/texture/

This is the best resource the concepts of musical texture on the net. The site includes online annotated introductions to the concepts of monophonic, polyphonic and homophonic texture, mixed texture (changes in texture) and a review section. An additional nifty device, called a "texture finder" is also included.

http://imr.utsa.edu/~lipscomb/MUS2673Texture.htm

This site includes examples of musical texture from the pop music, folk and rock world, in Real Audio.

Website: http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/music/music20/5exx_musical_texture.htm

Website: http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/music/music20/3exx_pre-notre_dame_polyphony.htm

Real Audio examples of homophony and polyphony from the classical worlds are included at these sites.

Questions-- Using the websites provided above, answer the following questions

1			Define monophonic texture.
2			Define polyphonic texture.
3			Define homophonic texture.
4			The sites above provide examples of songs you like from the sites above and describe their uses of musical texture.
5			Using the "texture finder" resource, define the uses of musical texture for three songs of your own choosing for the monophonic, polyphonic and homophonic categories.