About The Word Polyphonic
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Polyphonic
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What's The Definition Of Polyphonic?
[adj] (music) having two or more independent but harmonically related melodic parts sounding together
[adj] (music) "polyphonic traditions of the baroque" [adj] (linguistics) having two or more phonetic values; "polyphonic letters such as `a'" Synonyms | Synonyms for Polyphonic: contrapuntal | polyphonous Related Terms | Find terms related to Polyphonic: See Also | Polyphonic In Webster's Dictionary \Pol`y*phon"ic\, a. [Gr. ?; poly`s many + ? sound:
cf. F. polyphone.]
1. Having a multiplicity of sounds.
2. Characterized by polyphony; as, Assyrian polyphonic
characters.
3. (Mus.) Consisting of several tone series, or melodic
parts, progressing simultaneously according to the laws of
counterpoint; contrapuntal; as, a polyphonic composition;
-- opposed to {homophonic}, or {monodic}.
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