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.
The word texture means: what things are made of and how they feel. Textures can be described as âroughâ, âsmoothâ, âhardâ, âsoftâ, âliquidâ, âsolidâ, âlumpyâ, âgrittyâ etc. The word âtextureâ is used for many different things. It can even be used in abstract senses, e.g. for music and poetry.