Texture

This visual and tactile analogy has frequently been used in describing music.

In its most general musical sense, the term is frequently used in a highly inconsistent fashion. It is variously used to describe vocal and instrumental resources employed, synonymous with timbre and sonority, vertical density and construction of voices and parts, interval spacing within chords, and the nature of monophonic, homophonic, heterophonic, polyphonic and contrapuntal musical constructions.

In electroacoustic music, texture is a highly useful term in describing the character of sounds and various structural levels of sequences of sounds in terms of their overall behaviour and internal details and patternings.

Denis Smalley uses the term, in a pairing in conjunction with Gesture, as a structuring principle of electroacoustic music that is fundamental to his spectromorphological theory.

Texture

Cette analogie visuelle et tactile est souvent utilisée pour décrire la musique. Dans son sens musical le plus général, le terme est fréquemment utilisé avec des significations très contradictoires. Il est indifféremment employé afin de décrire un matériau instrumental ou vocal en tant que synonyme de timbre et de sonorité, de densité verticale et de construction des voies et des parties, de l'intervalle entre les notes d'un accord et de la nature des constructions musicales monophoniques, homophoniques, hétérophoniques, polyphonique et contrapuntiques.

En musique électroacoustique, le terme texture est très utile pour la description des qualités des sons et des différentes couches des séquences sonores sur le plan de leur évolution générale ou de l'évolution de leurs éléments de détail et de leurs modèles.

Denis Smalley utilise ce terme, en relation avec le “geste”, comme principe structurant fondamental de sa théorie spectromorphologique de la musique électroacoustique.

Texture

Il termine vienespesso applicato alla musica, in analogia con l'ambito visivo e tattile.

In senso musicale generale, viene utilizzato frequentemente con significati anche contrastanti. Viene infatti usato indifferentemente per descrivere un materiale strumentale o vocale, come sinonimo di timbro e sonorità, di densità verticale, e di costruzione di voci e di parti, di intervallo tra note di un accordo e di natura delle costruzioni musicali monofoniche, omofoniche, eterofoniche, polifoniche, contrappuntistiche.

Nella musica elettroacustica, il termine è molto utile per descrivere il carattere dei suoni e dei vari livelli strutturali delle sequenze di suoni, in rapporto alla loro evoluzione generale o all'evoluzione dei dettagli dei vari elementi e costanti interne.

Denis Smalley utilizza il termine, all'interno della teoria della Spettromorfologia, in coppia con Gesto (Gesture) in quanto principio strutturante fondamentale della musica elettroacustica.

Textur

This visual and tactile analogy has frequently been used in describing music.

In its most general musical sense, the term is frequently used in a highly inconsistent fashion. It is variously used to describe vocal and instrumental resources employed, synonymous with timbre and sonority, vertical density and construction of voices and parts, interval spacing within chords, and the nature of monophonic, homophonic, heterophonic, polyphonic and contrapuntal musical constructions.

In electroacoustic music, texture is a highly useful term in describing the character of sounds and various structural levels of sequences of sounds in terms of their overall behaviour and internal details and patternings.

Denis Smalley uses the term, in a pairing in conjunction with Gesture, as a structuring principle of electroacoustic music that is fundamental to his spectromorphological theory.

Textura

Esta analogía visual y táctil ha sido frecuentemente empleada para describir a la música.

En su sentido musical más general, el término es usualmente utilizado de forma muy inconsistente. La textura puede describir recursos vocales e intrumentales en términos de: timbre y sonoridad, densidad vertical y construcción de voces y partes, espacio interválico dentro de acordes, y la naturaleza de construcciones musicales monofónicas, homofónicas, heterofónicas, polifónicas y contrapuntísticas.

En música electroacústica, la textura es un término ampliamente utilizado para describir el carácter de los sonidos y los diversos niveles estrcuturales de las secuencias sonoras en términos de su comportamiento general y de sus detalles y patrones internos.

Denis Smalley usa el término Textura, en conjunto con la palabra Gesto (Gesture), como un principio estructurante de la música electroacústica, fundamental para su teoría espectromorfológica.

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