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Texture, Musical

By: Ric Barbacane
In: The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture
Edited by: Janet Sturman
Subject:Sociology of Culture, Social & Cultural Anthropology, Popular Music

Texture in music refers to the layers of sound in a piece of music and how those layers relate to one another. Texture is described as thin or thick depending on the number or density of layers or parts in a piece of music. When analyzing texture, we are most often focused on ...

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  Barbacane, R. (2019). Texture, musical. In J. Sturman (Ed.), The SAGE international encyclopedia of music and culture (Vol. 1, pp. 2167-2170). Thousand Oaks,, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. doi: 10.4135/9781483317731.n722
  
  Barbacane, Ric. "Texture, Musical." In The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture, edited by Janet Sturman, 2167-2170. Thousand Oaks,, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2019. doi: 10.4135/9781483317731.n722.
  
  Barbacane, R 2019, 'Texture, musical', in Sturman, J (ed.), The sage international encyclopedia of music and culture, SAGE Publications, Inc., Thousand Oaks,, CA, pp. 2167-2170, viewed 6 July 2020, doi: 10.4135/9781483317731.n722.
  
  Barbacane, Ric. "Texture, Musical." The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture. Ed. Janet Sturman. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks,: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2019. 2167-2170. SAGE Knowledge. Web. 6 Jul. 2020, doi: 10.4135/9781483317731.n722.
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