Texture (Exercises 61–80)
Jorge Variego · Oxford University Press eBooks · 2021
The exercises contained in this chapter provide guidelines to explore different types of textures through analysis and experiments in stylistic imitation. Exercise 61 proposes the use of analysis and stylistic imitation; 62 is based on voices that move at the same rhythm. Numbers 63 and 64 are intended to work on melodic motifs and polyphony. Phasing is incorporated in 65; 66 talks about plaining à la Debussy. The goal of 67 is to dissect a complex texture to generate individual lines; 68 uses the concept of a rhythmic ostinato as a unifying factor. Numbers 69 and 70 incorporate aleatory concepts. Micropolyphony is the base of 71. A free approach to Fux and species counterpoint is the core of 72 and 73; 74 and 75 deal with timbral modulations and changes of orchestrational color; 76 is also about orchestration, but it specifically tackles orchestrational volume. Framework 77 uses text painting and the translation of the written word into sound. In 78 students will experiment with heterophonic textures and in 79 with layered (or stratified) textures. The final exercise 80 deals with sound masses.