Polyphony is an English word with synonyms like music. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Polyphony in a sentence
Polyphony meaning
- Musical texture consisting of several independent melodic voices, as opposed to music with just one voice (monophony) or music with one dominant melodic voice accompanied by chords (homophony).
- The quality of a text of being able to be read in more than one way.
Synonyms of Polyphony
Using Polyphony
- The main meaning on this page is: Musical texture consisting of several independent melodic voices, as opposed to music with just one voice (monophony) or music with one dominant melodic voice accompanied by chords (homophony). | The quality of a text of being able to be read in more than one way.
- Useful related words include: polyphonic music, concerted music, music, monophonic music.
- In the example corpus, polyphony often appears in combinations such as: of polyphony, polyphony is, polyphony in.
Context around Polyphony
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 12 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Polyphony
- In this selection, "polyphony" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, part, ingush, georgian, digital, developed and influenced stand out and add context to how "polyphony" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 24 note polyphony citation any and a cappella polyphony had further. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "polyphony" sits close to words such as aapl, absolved and adaption, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with polyphony
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
And it is a combo of Sony and Polyphony Digital. (10 words)
Abkhazian two and three-part polyphony is based on a drone (sometimes a double drone). (15 words)
Intervals and chords, used in Chechen and Ingush polyphony, are often dissonances (sevenths, seconds, fourths). (15 words)
Since "a cappella" singing brought a new polyphony (more than one note at a time) with instrumental accompaniment, it is not surprising that Protestant reformers who opposed the instruments (such as Calvin and Zwingli) also opposed the polyphony. (38 words)
However the theoretical advances, particularly in regard to rhythm —the timing of notes—and polyphony —using multiple, interweaving melodies at the same time—are equally important to the development of Western music. (32 words)
In the thirteenth century, the chant-based tenor was becoming altered, fragmented, and hidden beneath secular tunes, obscuring the sacred texts as composers continued to play with this new invention called polyphony. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
It is believed that the origins of polyphony in traditional music vastly predate the emergence of polyphony in European professional music.
Since "a cappella" singing brought a new polyphony (more than one note at a time) with instrumental accompaniment, it is not surprising that Protestant reformers who opposed the instruments (such as Calvin and Zwingli) also opposed the polyphony.
And it is a combo of Sony and Polyphony Digital.
A 2022 recording with the BBC Philharmonic demonstrates his mastery of the work’s turbulent polyphony.
He explores concepts such as refraction, multiplication, disintegration, levitation, hybridity, and polyphony through various abstract works.
Abkhazian two and three-part polyphony is based on a drone (sometimes a double drone).
As in other North Caucasian musical cultures, Chechen and Ingush polyphony is based on a drone.
As polyphony developed, however, the use of parallel intervals was slowly replaced by the English style of consonance that used thirds and sixths.
By the 16th century, a cappella polyphony had further developed, but gradually, the cantata began to take the place of a cappella forms.
Dissonant clashes of notes give a creepy feeling that was labeled as evil, fueling their argument against polyphony as being the devil’s music.
Furthermore, this kind of polyphony influenced all subsequent styles, with the later polyphonic genera of motets starting as a trope of existing Notre Dame organums.
Georgian polyphony is based on three vocal parts, a unique tuning system based on perfect fifths, and a harmonic structure rich in parallel fifths and dissonances.
Georgian polyphony is traditionally sung in three parts with strong dissonances, parallel fifths, and a unique tuning system based on perfect fifths.
GM-compliant devices must offer 24-note polyphony. citation Any given program change will select the same instrument sound on any GM-compatible instrument.
He was ideally equipped to provide elaborate polyphony to adorn the music making at the Catholic country houses of the time.
However the theoretical advances, particularly in regard to rhythm —the timing of notes—and polyphony —using multiple, interweaving melodies at the same time—are equally important to the development of Western music.
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.
Indigenous Abkhazian style of three-part polyphony uses double drones (in fourths, fifths, or octaves) and one leading melodic line at one time.
Intervals and chords, used in Chechen and Ingush polyphony, are often dissonances (sevenths, seconds, fourths).
In the thirteenth century, the chant-based tenor was becoming altered, fragmented, and hidden beneath secular tunes, obscuring the sacred texts as composers continued to play with this new invention called polyphony.
Common combinations with polyphony
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of polyphony 12×
- polyphony is 5×
- polyphony in 4×
- and polyphony 3×
- the polyphony 2×
- three-part polyphony 2×
- ingush polyphony 2×
- polyphony as 2×
- georgian polyphony 2×
- polyphony to 2×