AoS 4: Toto 'Africa' - Texture

1. Identify the accompaniment supporting the vocal melody

Chordal, homophonic

2. Identify the textural device heard at the start of Verse 2

Counter-melody (flute sound)

3. Identify the texture of the voices during Verse 2 & 3, and each Chorus

Vocal homophony

4. Identify the texture of the backing vocals and 'flute' in at bar 20 of Verse 2: 'company'

Octaves (two octaves apart, both playing/singing B-A-G#-A)

5. Comment on the vocal texture in the second phrase of the Chorus 'There's nothing that a hundred men...'

- Two-part vocal homophony
- 2nd voice enters

6. Comment on the vocal texture in the third phrase of the Chorus 'I bless the rains...'

- Three-part vocal homophony
- 3rd voice enters

7. Comment on the vocal texture during the Coda (b.83)

Vocal counter-melody / vocal improvisation.