micropolyphony

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A polyphonic musical texture consisting of many lines of dense canons moving at different tempos or rhythms.

Word forms

micropolyphony micropolyphonies

Etymology

From micro- + polyphony.

Related words

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