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polyphony
[ puh-lif-uh-nee ]
noun
- Music. polyphonic composition; counterpoint.
- Phonetics. representation of different sounds by the same letter or symbol.
polyphony
/ əˈɪəɪ /
noun
- polyphonic style of composition or a piece of music utilizing it
- the use of polyphones in a writing system
Derived Forms
- ˈDzԴdzܲ, adjective
- ˈDzԴdzܲly, adverb
Other yvlog Forms
- ·o·Դdzܲ adjective
- ·o·Դdzܲ·ly adverb
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of polyphony1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of polyphony1
Example Sentences
It’s jazz at an early stage: this is still the era of everyone-at-once polyphony.
The children have their own afflictions, as does the husband-to-be, all shared in a polyphony of severed tongues.
He was at work on a second album of “generative polyphony” when the war came to Kyiv.
Geri Allen showed up in the 1980s with powerful grooves, exuberant melodies and astonishing polyphonies between her anchoring left hand and her wry, fluidly inventive right.
“The shock was so huge, absolutely huge,” Pichon said, recalling the thrill of singing polyphony in a stone building, rather than practicing his violin alone.
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