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Polyphony vs Instrument - What's the difference?

polyphony | instrument |

In lang=en terms the difference between polyphony and instrument

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 instrument is a legal document, such as a contract, deed, trust, mortgage, power, indenture, or will.

As a verb instrument is

to apply measuring devices.

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

    instrument

    English

    (wikipedia instrument)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A device used to produce music.
    • The violinist was a master of her instrument .
  • A means or agency for achieving an effect.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1905, author=
    • , title= , chapter=1 citation , passage=“There the cause of death was soon ascertained?; the victim of this daring outrage had been stabbed to death from ear to ear with a long, sharp instrument , in shape like an antique stiletto, which […] was subsequently found under the cushions of the hansom. […]”}}
  • A measuring or displaying device.
    • The instrument detected an increase in radioactivity.
  • A tool, implement used for manipulation or measurement.
    • The dentist set down his tray of instruments'''.'' The scientist recorded the temperature with a thermometer but wished he had a more accurate ' instrument ."
  • (legal) A legal document, such as a contract, deed, trust, mortgage, power, indenture, or will.
    • A bond indenture is the instrument that gives a bond its value.
    Negotiable instruments are the foundation of the debt markets.
  • (figuratively) A person used as a mere tool for achieving a goal.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Or useful serving man and instrument , / To any sovereign state.
  • * Dryden
    • The bold are but the instruments of the wise.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * blunt instrument * debt instrument * derivative instrument * financial instrument * instrumentation * instrumental * instrumentive * measuring instrument * musical instrument * negotiable instrument * writing instrument

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To apply measuring devices.
  • To devise, conceive, cook up, plan.
  • To perform upon an instrument; to prepare for an instrument.
    • a sonata instrumented for orchestra

    Synonyms

    * (to apply measuring devices) measure, supervise * * (to perform on an instrument) play * (to prepare for an instrument) arrange

    See also

    * instrumental

    Anagrams

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