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Polyphony vs Heterophony - What's the difference?

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In lang=en terms the difference between polyphony and heterophony

is that polyphony is 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) while heterophony is the simultaneous performance, by a number of singers or musicians of two or more versions of the same melody.

polyphony

English

(wikipedia polyphony)

Noun

(-)
  • (music) 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).

    • Derived terms

    * polyphonic

    See also

    * organum * heterophony

    heterophony

    English

    Noun

    (heterophonies)
  • (music) The simultaneous performance, by a number of singers or musicians of two or more versions of the same melody.

    • Related terms

    * heterophone * heterophonic * heterophonous

    See also

    * (wikipedia "heterophony") * polyphony

    References

    * “ heterophony]” listed in the [2nd Ed.; 1989