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Polyphony Moderate

Origin: Greek prefix poly-

Polyphony has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

music arranged in parts for several voices or instruments

2

Musical texture consisting of several independent melodic voices, as opposed to music with just one voice (monophony) or music with one dominant melodic voice accompanied by chords (homophony).

See Also
polyphonism heterophony dominant chords monophony homophony texture polyphonically
Related Terms
Antonyms
monophonic music monody
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
music
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
counterpoint
Rhyming Words
ony pony tony kony mony zony sony cony moony crony drony agony goony stony irony peony atony brony phony evony
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