What is Musical Texture?

"Texture" is another word in music that can mean a lot of different things depending on its context. In this video, Steve tries to explain several of the most common ways it is used.
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Pieces Included in the episode, in order of appearance:
Beethoven, Ludwig van. "Symphony No. 5 in C minor, I. Allegro con brio." YouTube Audio Library. Digital recording.

Grieg, Edvard. "Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: I. Morning Mood." YouTube Audio Library. Digital recording.

Traditional. "Dies Irae." vidmonko. archive.org, 24 November 2008. Digital recording. https://archive.org/details/GregorianChantMass. Public domain.

Schumann, Robert. "Dichterliebe: VII. Ich grolle nicht." Ron Meixsell. YouTube Audio Library. Digital recording.

Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da. "Missa Sicut lilium inter spinas: I. Kyrie." The Tudor Consort. The Free Music Archive, 20 August 2010. Digital recording. http://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Tudor_Consort/Renaissance_influences_-_Pizzetti_Messa_di_Requiem__Palestrina_Missa_Sicut_lilium_inter_spinas/02_Kyrie_-_Missa_Sicut_lilium_inter_spinas. Licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution 3.0 Unported: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/.

Beethoven, Ludwig van. "Symphony No. 3 in Eb Major: IV. Allegro molto." Musopen Symphony. Musopen. Digital recording. https://musopen.org/music/1562/ludwig-van-beethoven/symphony-no-3-in-eb-eroica-op-55/. Public domain.

Images used in this video:
Feitscher, George. “Cello front side.” Digital photograph. 11 February 2010. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cello_front_side.png. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en.

Hustvedt. “Oboe modern.” Digital photograph. 12 February 2008. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oboe_modern.jpg. Licensed under GNU Free Documentation License: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:GNU_Free_Documentation_License.

Just plain Bill [sic]. “Bratsche.” Digital photograph. 15 March 2006. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bratsche.jpg. Public domain.

Kniesel, A. “The front side of a violin.” Digital photograph. 8 September 2007. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Violin_front.jpg. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en.

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