Instrumental Texture

Commonly used instruments and their texture-

• Brass- bright, shimmering, sharp
• Woodwind- soft, mellow, breathy
• Strings- eerie, sharp, harsh
• Keyboards- light, quick
• Acoustic guitar- mellow, soft, dull
• Overdriven electric guitar- harsh, rough, distorted

Vocal Texture

The types of vocal texture are as follows-

• Breathy sound
• Cry in Voice (vocal fry)
• Spikes
• Velvet (rounder, resonant)
• Whispers
• Character

It can also be grouped up in terms of the singing style of a person-

• Soprano- The highest form of female voice, usually ranging between middle C and high C.
• Alto- Lowest form of female voice.
• Tenor- Highest form of male voice, usually ranging from C1 to C5
• Bass- The lowest form of male voice, supporting the bottom end of the soundscape in a choir.
• Falsetto- A vocal technique in which the edges of the vocal chords are used, enabling the singer to hit notes above their vocal range.
• Choir- A group of voices usually containing all of the above layered on top of one another.

The Science of Sound

-Harmonic content is the number of individual harmonic frequencies within a waveform.
 
 Sound textures-

• Monophonic- A single melodic line with no accompaniment.
• Homophonic- Melody + Accompaniment. eg. Multiple voices within which one voice stands out and the other sit in the background.
• Contrapuntal- Two or more melodies.  Can sound very messy.

-Tone Colour refers to the sound of an instrument, and is also known is timbre. eg. Shimmering, dark, rich etc.
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