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Polyphony - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Britain's premier chamber choir ... ; Polyphony; Stephen Layton ... ; "Polyphony is superb: one of the best professional ensembles in the business..."; The Independent on Sunday...
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Polyphony (instrument) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Polyphony is the property of an electronic musical instrument which describes how many notes it can sound at one time. An instrument which can produce multiple notes at a time is said to be polyphon...
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The terms monophony and polyphony have very straight-forward literal meanings. Monophony means music with a single "part" and a "part" typically means a single vocal melody, but it could mean a single melody on an instrument of one kind or another.
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1. music with several melodies: musical composition that uses simultaneous, largely independent, melodic parts, lines, or voices; ... 2. use of letter for different sounds: the representation of different sounds by the same letter in a writing system;
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Definition of polyphony from Webster's New World College Dictionary. Meaning of polyphony. Pronunciation of polyphony. Definition of the word polyphony. Origin of the word polyphony. ... Dictionary Home » Webster's New World College Dictionary » polyphony...
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Britannica online encyclopedia article on polyphony (music), in music, strictly speaking, any music in which two or more tones sound simultaneously (the term derives from the Greek word for “many sounds”); ... A subcategory of polyphony, called homophony, exists in its purest form when all the voices or parts move...
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polyphony n. , pl. , -nies . Music with two or more independent melodic parts sounded together. polyphonous polyph ' onous adj ... Music Encyclopedia: Polyphony...
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