polyphony
Meaning of polyphony
noun
- 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).
- The quality of a text of being capable of being read in more than one way.
the polyphony of a biblical passage
Information about polyphony
- It is a name.
- The plural form of polyphony is: polyphonies.
- Languages in which polyphony is used:
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Hyphenation of polyphony
polyphony
- It consists of 1 syllables and 9 chars.
- polyphony is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
Translation of polyphony
- Spanish: polifonía
- French: polyphonie
- Italian: polifonia
Words that rhyme with polyphony
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