Polyphonic (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

adjective
  1. consisting of many voices or sounds.
  2. Music.
    • having two or more voices or parts, each with an independent melody, but all harmonizing; contrapuntal (opposed to homophonic).
    • pertaining to music of this kind.
    • capable of producing more than one tone at a time, as an organ or a harp.
  3. having more than one phonetic value, as the letter s, that is voiced (z) in nose and unvoiced (s) in salt.
adjective
  1. composed of relatively independent melodic lines or parts; contrapuntal
  2. many-voiced
  3. of, relating to, or denoting a polyphone
Polyphonic (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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