Explore Monody through 3 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like music or polyphony. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Monody in a sentence
Monody meaning
- An ode, as in Greek drama, for a single voice, often specifically a mournful song or dirge.
- Any poem mourning the death of someone; an elegy.
- A monotonous or mournful noise.
Using Monody
- The main meaning on this page is: An ode, as in Greek drama, for a single voice, often specifically a mournful song or dirge. | Any poem mourning the death of someone; an elegy. | A monotonous or mournful noise.
- Useful related words include: monophony, monophonic music, music, polyphonic music.
Context around Monody
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 0 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Monody
- In this selection, "monody" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 28 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Recognizable usage signals include alternate with monody and from monody with melodic. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "monody" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with monody
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
From monody (with melodic lines, intelligible text and placid accompanying music), it was a logical step for Monteverdi to begin composing opera. (22 words)
These musical experiments were called monody and Peri’s operas had the entire drama sung in monodic style with gambas, lutes, and harpsichord or organ for continuo as the main instruments. (31 words)
Like their madrigal cousins, Renaissance motets developed in episodic format, with separate phrases of the source text being given independent melodic treatment and contrapuntal development; contrapuntal passages often alternate with monody. (31 words)
These musical experiments were called monody and Peri’s operas had the entire drama sung in monodic style with gambas, lutes, and harpsichord or organ for continuo as the main instruments. (31 words)
Like their madrigal cousins, Renaissance motets developed in episodic format, with separate phrases of the source text being given independent melodic treatment and contrapuntal development; contrapuntal passages often alternate with monody. (31 words)
From monody (with melodic lines, intelligible text and placid accompanying music), it was a logical step for Monteverdi to begin composing opera. (22 words)
Example sentences (3)
These musical experiments were called monody and Peri’s operas had the entire drama sung in monodic style with gambas, lutes, and harpsichord or organ for continuo as the main instruments.
From monody (with melodic lines, intelligible text and placid accompanying music), it was a logical step for Monteverdi to begin composing opera.
Like their madrigal cousins, Renaissance motets developed in episodic format, with separate phrases of the source text being given independent melodic treatment and contrapuntal development; contrapuntal passages often alternate with monody.