nonpolyphonic
adjEtymology From non- + polyphonic.
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Not polyphonic.
- ...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:
- 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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- 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: