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Polyphone vs Polyphony - What's the difference?

polyphone | polyphony |

As nouns the difference between polyphone and polyphony

is that polyphone is a letter, or combination of letters, that can be pronounced in two or more different ways while polyphony is (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).

polyphone

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A letter, or combination of letters, that can be pronounced in two or more different ways

    • See also

    * homograph

    Anagrams

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    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