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POLYPHONY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does polyphony mean?
• POLYPHONY (noun)
The noun POLYPHONY has 1 sense:
1. music arranged in parts for several voices or instruments
Familiarity information: POLYPHONY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Music arranged in parts for several voices or instruments
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
concerted music; polyphonic music; polyphony
Hypernyms ("polyphony" is a kind of...):
music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "polyphony"):
counterpoint (a musical form involving the simultaneous sound of two or more melodies)
Antonym:
monophony (music consisting of a single vocal part (usually with accompaniment))
Derivation:
polyphonous (of or relating to or characterized by polyphony)
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