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Noun Concept

Categories: Harmony, Polyphonic form, Musical texture

polyphony polyphonic music concerted music dyadic counterpoint early European Polyphony

Music arranged in parts for several voices or instruments WordNet 3.0

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Music arranged in parts for several voices or instruments WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Polyphony is a type of musical texture consisting of two or more simultaneous lines of independent melody, as opposed to a musical texture with just one voice or a texture with one dominant melodic voice accompanied by chords. Wikipedia

Musical texture consisting of two or more independent melodic voices. Wikipedia Disambiguation

Music with multiple, independent melody lines performed simultaneously Wikidata

A musical texture consisting of two or more independent melodic voices, which was particularly popular during the Renaissance period. OmegaWiki

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). Wiktionary

Musical texture consisting of several independent melodic voices. Wiktionary (translation)

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