This 视觉 and 触觉 比喻 has 经常 been used in 描述 樂/乐

In its most 一般 樂/乐 感觉 the 术语 is 经常 used in a highly inconsistent fashion It is 各种各样 used to 描述 vocal and instrumental resources employed synonymous with 音色 and sonority vertical 密度 and 结构 of voices and parts 间隔(音程) spacing within 和弦 and the 本质(自然) of monophonic homophonic heterophonic 复调 and 耳
contrapuntal 樂/乐 constructions

In 電聲學/电声学 樂/乐 质地(纹理、织体) is a highly useful 术语 in 描述 the character of 声 and 各种各样 结构 级 of sequences of 声 in 术语 of their 整体 行为 and 内在 细节 and patternings

Denis Smalley uses the 术语 in a pairing in conjunction with 姿态 as a 结构 原则 of 電聲學/电声学 樂/乐 that is 基(础) to his spectromorphological 理论