Texture and density
What Texture and density means in Music A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Combining multiple independent rhythmic patterns simultaneously creates a complex, polyphonic texture, and together the layers form a dense, driving groove.
A dense and evolving texture can be created by gradually adding layers of simple, repetitive melodic or rhythmic cells.
Layering thickens the texture from sparse to dense and polyphonic, and changes the density of the music over time.
Affected by layering, with the density of layers changing between the verse and the chorus.
Topics that use Texture and density
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