Monophony

In music, monophony is the simplest of musical textures, consisting of a melody (or "tune"), typically sung by a single singer or played by a single instrument...

move with rhythmic and melodic independence to form an even texture) and monophony (in which all parts move in unison or octaves). Historically, homophony...

music, monophony is the simplest of textures, consisting of melody without accompanying harmony. Monophony or monophonic may also refer to: Monophony (Russian...

Look up polyphony, polyphonic, monophony, or monophonic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Polyphony is a property of musical instruments that means...

music or speech, that has a single unvaried tone. See: pure tone and monophony. Monotone or monotonicity may also refer to: Monotone preferences, a property...

according to the number of and relationship between parts or lines of music: monophony: a single melody (or "tune") with neither instrumental accompaniment nor...

chants simultaneously to save time. Despite being banned in favor of monophony (Russian: единогласие, romanized: edinoglasiye, lit. 'single-voicing')...

the High Middle Ages. She is one of the best-known composers of sacred monophony, as well as the most recorded in modern history. She has been considered...

independent melody, as opposed to a musical texture with just one voice (monophony) or a texture with one dominant melodic voice accompanied by chords (homophony)...

single melodic line. Such a texture can be regarded as a kind of complex monophony in which there is only one basic melody, but realized at the same time...

Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall. ISBN 0-13-049346-5. Anon.: "Monophony", Grove Music Online, edited by Deane L. Root (subscription required)...

Polyphony (literature) Polyphony (Russian Orthodox liturgy) Polyphony and monophony in instruments Polyphony Digital, a Sony video game developing company...

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indisputable musical continuations from the ancient world. Basic aspects such as monophony, improvisation and the dominance of text in musical settings are prominent...

Navajo and Apache tribes sing in Plains-style nasal vocals with unblended monophony, while the Pueblos emphasize a relaxed, low range and highly blended monophonic...

diverse, the music of ancient civilizations is frequently characterized by monophony, improvisation and the dominance of text in musical settings. Written...

urban singing styles with a mixture of native polyphony, Middle Eastern monophony and late European harmonic languages. Georgian performers are well represented...

styles of singing in Lithuania connected with ethnographical regions: monophony, heterophony and polyphony. Folk song genres: Sutartinės (Multipart Songs)...

in polyphonic singing. In Czechia, Slovakia and Poland they use voice monophony.[citation needed] T. Rokosz, Od folkloru do folku. Metamorfozy pieśni...

the original on 27 October 2014. Retrieved 28 February 2012. "What is monophony, polyphony, homophony, monody etc.?". Medieval.org. Archived from the...