nonpolyphonic

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adjective

Not polyphonic.

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Meanings

adjectivenonpolyphonic (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot polyphonic.

    This so-called monody or vocal solo accompanied by nonpolyphonic harmony had become the basis of opera...

    2000, Robert W. Gutman, Mozart: A Cultural Biography
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    ...should the subsidiary woodwind line receive a separate group, or should we maintain the principle of nonpolyphonic grouping analyses?

    1996, Fred Lerdahl, Ray Jackendoff, A generative theory of tonal music

    For example, a music scenario could consist of a note not belonging to a chord, that is, nonpolyphonic, and with a height set within a certain range.

    2008, Kia Ng, Paolo Nesi, Interactive Multimedia Music Technologies

Origin

From non- + polyphonic.

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Chicago

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