The 8 Orchestral Textures of George Frederick McKay | Intro to Creative Orchestration

George Frederick McKay outlines 8 distinct textures that appear in orchestration.

🎻 Monophonic ORCHESTRATION | Focused Unisons & Octaves Monophonic ORCHESTRATION |  8 Orchest...

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In this video I introduce each of the 8 textures from McKay's book Creative Orchestration with a quick description of how they are used to write orchestral music.

Through different arrangements of orchestral instruments you can achieve a variety of unique effects and bring your compositions to life with effective orchestration. Even if you only ever write in a DAW with virtual instruments, having a clear understanding of thees textures can help you express your music in different ways.

This video is a quick overview, and then there will be a different video for each of the eight textures: Monophonic, Chordal, Polyphonic, Homophonic, Polyrhythmic, Polythematic, Heterophonic, and Onomatapoeic.

8 Orchestral Textures
Intro: The 8 Orchestral Textures of George F...
Monophonic: Monophonic ORCHESTRATION |  8 Orchest...
Chordal: Chordal ORCHESTRATION | 8 Orchestra T...
Polyphonic: Polyphonic ORCHESTRATION | 8 Orchestr...
Heterophonic: Heterophonic ORCHESTRATION | 8 Orches...
Onomatopoeic: Onomatopoeic ORCHESTRATION | 8 Orches...
Polythematic: Polythematic Orchestration | 8 Orches...
Polyrhythmic: Polyrhythmic ORCHESTRATION | 8 Orches...
Homophonic: Homophonic ORCHESTRATION | 8 Orchestr...
BONUS Hybrid Textures: Hybrid Texture ORCHESTRATION | 8 Orch...
FINALE All 8 Textures Medley: 8 Orchestral Textures: FINALE All 8 T...

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