Polyphony Definition

pə-lĭfə-nē
noun
Multiplicity of sounds, as in an echo.
Webster's New World
A combining of a number of independent but harmonizing melodies, as in a fugue or canon; counterpoint.
Webster's New World
The representation of two or more sounds by the same letter, symbol, or group of symbols, as the group th as in then and in thin.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • concerted music
  • polyphonic-music
Antonyms:

Origin of Polyphony

  • From poly- +"Ž -phony.

    From Wiktionary

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