polyphony

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

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).
The quality of a text of being able to be read in more than one way.

/pəˈlɪfəni/ En-us-polyphony.oga

polyphony polyphonies

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πολυφωνία (poluphōnía); equivalent to poly- + -phony.

cacophony heterophony polyphonal polyphonic symphony orchestration

micropolyphony polyphonist

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