Question

What is the definition of music? What are the different terms to describe music? What are the three kinds of texture? Are hearing and listening the same thing

Answer 1

The reflection of emotions and harmony created through the instrumental or vocal sounds is termed as music.

Chord, Bolero, Aria, Waltz, Ballad, Sonata, Baroque, Hymn, Pitch, Concerto, Key, Natura, Scale, Octave are some of the terms alllied with music that illustrate the depth and width of music in the context of its distinguished facets.

The inter-relatedness of the melodies in a song is termed as texture.

There are three kinds of texture- Monophony, Polyphony and Homophony.

Hearing is the mere perceiving the sound and it occurs effortlessly. Therefore, hearing only occurs/ happens.

But listening neeeds efforts and reflects the comprehension of the heard words/ terms/ sentences. Listening includes organised processing.