Music GCSE
Texture and performing forces
What Texture and performing forces means in Music GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Texture and performing forces
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
One instrument sounds two or more sustained pitches together, rather than separate notes played one after another on one string or several instruments each playing one note.
Topics that use Texture and performing forces
- Appendix 3: Musical vocabulary - Dynamics and performance matters (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Chords and double stops
- Distinguishing doubling from harmony
- Doubling
- Emphasis and attack
- Hammer-ons and pull-offs
- Harmony
- Identifying performers by timbre
- Melody
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