This is an incredibly helpful video as I am teaching a class on Medieval - Baroque music history to a group of K-6th graders this year. Thank you very much!
Really like the animation to explain the different examples of texture with the instruments moving--very clear and visually interesting! Great video :)
Why am I only discovering this now? I am taking the abrsm grade 7 piano tomorrow, and I've been struggling with this for the past month until seeing this. WHY?????
Great video! Very helpful. The first comparison between Beethoven's 5th and Grieg's Morning mood was a bit confusing however. I think it relates more to character than texture. What do you think?
This is really cool :) In March I was at the international Jazz festival and there was a band playing, and every instrument seemed to all do their own thing. So I said to a friend that I didn't like it, because I didn't understand it and it just seemed incoherent and like they're not playing together at all, because there was no clear line or melody that I could pick up. And then they said that I should listen to the bass, because all the instruments were playing around the bass. And then I did and suddenly it made much more sense. That type of jazz is still not something I would seek out to listen to, but now at least it doesn't seem like a disjointed thing where all instruments are just showing off their skills without listening to the others. So I think it's interesting how music fits together, because it's not something I would notice by myself, but only if someone says 'look, this is what that music is doing'.
Polyphony and homophony have a lot of the same sounds, for sure, but it is more about compositional approach than sounds. A couple points that might help this particular example: 1.) the orchestra is conceived as chords rather than individual melodies. You can hear the oom-pah-pah-pah sound that clearly sets up a hierarchy of oboe solo + accompaniment. In polyphony, you don't get that kind of hierarchy-every voice is equal and essential. 2.) There /is/ a string countermelody of running scales in the violins that could, conceivably, be thought of as somewhat polyphonic, though with only two voices (oboe + violin countermelody) it's not quite as many in play as true polyphony, which is usually three or more. And again, the strings are less important than the oboe melody, showing the hierarchy more associated with homophony than polyphony. It is /really/ hard to do a polyphonic work with that many performers-each person would have to get their own unique melody that sounds good with each other person's melody. I have only heard of one composer who even attempted such a grand scale polyphony, and that was only even with one work: Thomas Tallis's "Spem in Alium." Perhaps if you listen to that you will hear a bit of a difference?
Villads Sieling It's Palestrina's Kyrie from "Missa Sicut lilium inter spinas." Any time I use music in a video, you can find a link in the description :)
Really good video, however you didn't talk about antiphony. I know you can say "call and response" is antiphony, yet this term isn't used to define Western Classical Music. :)
This is an incredibly helpful video as I am teaching a class on Medieval - Baroque music history to a group of K-6th graders this year. Thank you very much!
Another great video. Why did I just find this? More videos please.... I would learn Music History from a UA-cam channel like this in a heartbeat.
Admit it, this video was an excuse to doodle. :). Loved this, especially the scarf analogy!
Really like the animation to explain the different examples of texture with the instruments moving--very clear and visually interesting! Great video :)
Why am I only discovering this now? I am taking the abrsm grade 7 piano tomorrow, and I've been struggling with this for the past month until seeing this. WHY?????
The explanation for homo,mono,and polyphonic music textures is great!
The explanations were very concise and clear. Loved the different format, very "Minute Physics" but with a twist. Good form, keep it up.
Thank you!! I needed this so much!!
This is helpful and easier to understand than my Music appreciation teacher
Great video! Very helpful.
The first comparison between Beethoven's 5th and Grieg's Morning mood was a bit confusing however.
I think it relates more to character than texture. What do you think?
Good analogies, bro. A good explainer also
This is really cool :)
In March I was at the international Jazz festival and there was a band playing, and every instrument seemed to all do their own thing. So I said to a friend that I didn't like it, because I didn't understand it and it just seemed incoherent and like they're not playing together at all, because there was no clear line or melody that I could pick up. And then they said that I should listen to the bass, because all the instruments were playing around the bass. And then I did and suddenly it made much more sense. That type of jazz is still not something I would seek out to listen to, but now at least it doesn't seem like a disjointed thing where all instruments are just showing off their skills without listening to the others. So I think it's interesting how music fits together, because it's not something I would notice by myself, but only if someone says 'look, this is what that music is doing'.
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Good work!
In the last example of homophony. Isn't the orchestra polyphonic? Why isn't the whole interaction considered polyphonic?
Polyphony and homophony have a lot of the same sounds, for sure, but it is more about compositional approach than sounds. A couple points that might help this particular example:
1.) the orchestra is conceived as chords rather than individual melodies. You can hear the oom-pah-pah-pah sound that clearly sets up a hierarchy of oboe solo + accompaniment. In polyphony, you don't get that kind of hierarchy-every voice is equal and essential.
2.) There /is/ a string countermelody of running scales in the violins that could, conceivably, be thought of as somewhat polyphonic, though with only two voices (oboe + violin countermelody) it's not quite as many in play as true polyphony, which is usually three or more. And again, the strings are less important than the oboe melody, showing the hierarchy more associated with homophony than polyphony.
It is /really/ hard to do a polyphonic work with that many performers-each person would have to get their own unique melody that sounds good with each other person's melody. I have only heard of one composer who even attempted such a grand scale polyphony, and that was only even with one work: Thomas Tallis's "Spem in Alium." Perhaps if you listen to that you will hear a bit of a difference?
Thanks. I think I get it.
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Wich kind of texture is used in pop music or rap ?
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Cool, you remind of asap science/minute physics for music, subbed.
That renaissance piece of polyphony, what is it called?
Villads Sieling It's Palestrina's Kyrie from "Missa Sicut lilium inter spinas." Any time I use music in a video, you can find a link in the description :)
Oh great. Thank you.
nice video... keep 'em coming
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I prefer thick textur with hidden instruments and a walking bass line
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This is video is very good. Very informative :D Thank you
Thanks for the video. This really helps me understand what I am learning in my music appreciation college class.
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Really good video, however you didn't talk about antiphony. I know you can say "call and response" is antiphony, yet this term isn't used to define Western Classical Music. :)
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