Roles of instruments and voices, thinning and thickening, and textural climax

What this note covers

1. Density depends on layers, activity and spacing
2. How texture thickens
3. How texture thins and exposes musical detail
4. Recognise and explain a textural climax
5. Role exchange changes density and hierarchy
6. Worked analysis of build, climax and release
7. 7. Build-climax-release case: density is more than headcount
8. 8. False climax diagnostic: loudness, density and placement

8 sections · 10 key terms & formulas · 6 common mistakes