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Monophonic vs Polyphony - What's the difference?

monophonic | polyphony |

In lang=en terms the difference between monophonic and polyphony

is that monophonic is having a single melodic line and no harmony (compare polyphonic while 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).

As an adjective monophonic

is having a single channel; monaural (compare stereophonic.

As a noun 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).

monophonic

English

(wikipedia monophonic)

Adjective

(head)
  • (of sound reproduction) having a single channel; monaural (compare stereophonic)
  • (music) having a single melodic line and no harmony (compare polyphonic)
  • (orthography) having simple one-to-one mapping between letters and phonemes
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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