How do you use Monophonic in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like mono or monaural, plus the exact meaning.
Monophonic in a sentence
Monophonic meaning
- Having a single channel.
- Having a single melodic line and no harmony.
- Having simple one-to-one mapping between letters and phonemes.
Synonyms of Monophonic
Using Monophonic
- The main meaning on this page is: Having a single channel. | Having a single melodic line and no harmony. | Having simple one-to-one mapping between letters and phonemes.
- Useful related words include: mono, single-channel, monaural, homophonic.
- In the example corpus, monophonic often appears in combinations such as: of monophonic.
Context around Monophonic
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 12 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 16 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Monophonic
- In this selection, "monophonic" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, simple, fidelity, enabled, sound, melodies and minimoog stand out and add context to how "monophonic" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1980s the monophonic minimoog became and collections of monophonic solo songs. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "monophonic" sits close to words such as aaon, abbv and abdalla, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with monophonic
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Synthesizers In synthesizers legato is a type of monophonic operation. (10 words)
Therefore, Byzantine music remained monophonic and without any form of instrumental accompaniment. (12 words)
The tunes were primarily monophonic (a single melody without accompaniment ) and transmitted by oral tradition. (15 words)
As the technology improved, polyphonic and often orchestral soundtracks replaced simple monophonic melodies starting in the late 1980s and the soundtracks to popular games such as the Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy series began to be released separately. (38 words)
Though Hildegard's music is often thought to stand outside the normal practices of monophonic monastic chant, current researchers are also exploring ways in which it may be viewed in comparison with her contemporaries, such as Hermannus Contractus. (38 words)
It is one of the largest collections of monophonic (solo) songs from the Middle Ages and is characterized by the mention of the Virgin Mary in every song, while every tenth song is a hymn. (35 words)
Example sentences (16)
Analog TV started off with monophonic sound, and later evolved to stereophonic sound with two independent audio signal channels.
As the technology improved, polyphonic and often orchestral soundtracks replaced simple monophonic melodies starting in the late 1980s and the soundtracks to popular games such as the Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy series began to be released separately.
During the 1970s to early 1980s, the monophonic Minimoog became once the most widely used synthesizer at that time in both popular and electronic art music.
Early medieval music (before 1150) Early chant traditions main seeAlso Chant (or plainsong ) is a monophonic sacred form which represents the earliest known music of the Christian church.
From about 1960, such a system began to be described as a "hi-fi" (high-fidelity, monophonic ) or a "stereo" (most systems being stereophonic by the mid-1960s).
He concludes that Debussy's achievement was the synthesis of monophonic based "melodic tonality" with harmonies, albeit different from those of "harmonic tonality".
However, this method which kept music away from polyphony, along with centuries of continuous culture, enabled monophonic music to develop to the greatest heights of perfection.
It is one of the largest collections of monophonic (solo) songs from the Middle Ages and is characterized by the mention of the Virgin Mary in every song, while every tenth song is a hymn.
Synthesizers In synthesizers legato is a type of monophonic operation.
Therefore, Byzantine music remained monophonic and without any form of instrumental accompaniment.
The term polyphony is also sometimes used more broadly, to describe any musical texture that is not monophonic.
The tunes were primarily monophonic (a single melody without accompaniment ) and transmitted by oral tradition.
This song was chosen because of its nearly monophonic nature and wide spectral content, making it easier to hear imperfections in the compression format during playbacks.
This typically causes monophonic material in a stereo recording to be canceled out, reduced in level, and made more difficult to localize, all due to destructive interference of the sound waves.
Though Hildegard's music is often thought to stand outside the normal practices of monophonic monastic chant, current researchers are also exploring ways in which it may be viewed in comparison with her contemporaries, such as Hermannus Contractus.
Uses The main function of a sound card is to play audio, usually music, with varying formats (monophonic, stereophonic, various multiple speaker setups) and degrees of control.
Common combinations with monophonic
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of monophonic 4×