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Project 8

Write some pages of reduced scoring to illustrate the two types of heterophonic texture (horizontal and vertical). In the

horizontal type, try for intensity of motor interest. In the vertical type, the page will probably be limited to the lines of the independent tunes. Because the differing lines will have already put such a strain on the attention, other demands can hardly be added without endangering clarity. Study scores and search out as many examples as you can of heterophonic texture types. Observe the necessarily stark and linear character of the design, also the relative sparseness of sustaining and accompanimental material.

Good heterophonic examples may be found in the Lieutenant Kijé Suite by Prokofiev and in "Farandole" from the L'Arlésienne Suite by Bizet.