Polyphony ~ Music Definition

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Polyphony
~ is a texture consisting of two or more independent melodic voices

Homophony (Parallel Harmony)
~ is music with one dominant melodic voice accompanied by chords

Monophony
~ is music with just one voice
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Famous Example of Contrapuntal Polyphony
A bar from JS Bach's Fugue No. 17 in A flat. BWV 862.
from Das Wohltemperirte Clavier (Part 1)

You can hear the tune here → Download


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Polyphony ~ Wikipedia
http://www.answers.com/topic/polyphony#
In music, polyphony is a texture consisting of two or more independent melodic voices, as opposed to music with just one voice (monophony) or music with one dominant melodic voice accompanied by chords (homophony).

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