monophonic
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The early synthesizer was monophonic, able to produce only one note at a time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
The 170 is an analog monophonic synthesizer with a programmable sequencer that comes with a 70-page illustrated manual, including several sample patch diagrams to get you started.Price:
From The Verge ● Nov. 5, 2019
The Nintendo Entertainment System’s programmable sound generator—Kondo’s orchestra—had just three monophonic sound channels, a noise channel, and a rarely used sample channel.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2015
With their monophonic synth-prodding, I might have disdained Depeche Mode, but in his own way, the all-conquering Shakin' Stevens seemed no less lazy to me.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 13, 2012
But what all this chant had in common was that it was one memorised, meandering tune with no accompaniment and no harmonising, the Greek term for which is monophonic: one voice.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
Vocabulary lists containing monophonic
Music - Middle School
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Music - High School
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