Gentile. 1  The word Gentiles means the nations, and eventually came to be used to mean all those not of the house of Israel. It is first used in Genesis with reference to the descendants of Japheth (Gen. 2  The duties of Israelites toward gentiles were defined in the law (Ex. 23: 32; Ex. 34: 12-16; Deut.
Definition of musical texture. 1  The term musical texture is frequently used - analogously with visual and tactile texture - in a rather vague way with reference to the overall sound of a piece of music. Texture is, however, one of the basic elements of music.
1 Homophony is an important category of musical texture. 2  It comprises a melody and an accompaniment. 3  The accompaniment may consist of chords moving together with the melody, or a more elaborate pattern, possibly of broken chords or figurations.  The melody may be in the highest register or it may be lower in the texture.