homophony

Variant of homophonic

homophonic definition

homo·phonic (häm′ə fän′ik, hō′mə-)

adjective

  1. Music having one melodic line at a time, the other voices or parts serving as accompaniment
  2. homonymous

Etymology: < Gr homophōnos, of the same sound (< homos, same + phōnē, sound: see phone) + -ic

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