polyphony
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It’s jazz at an early stage: this is still the era of everyone-at-once polyphony.
From New York Times • Jun. 7, 2023
The children have their own afflictions, as does the husband-to-be, all shared in a polyphony of severed tongues.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2023
Later, polyphony became increasingly common – when two, three or four voices would each sing different melodies, adding to the complexity of the sound.
From Salon • Oct. 22, 2022
Soon the others start to sing, too, their voices overlapping to create a rapturous polyphony.
From Scientific American • May 23, 2022
The music that is made up of counterpoint can also be called polyphony, or one can say that the music is polyphonic or speak of the polyphonic texture of the music.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
Vocabulary lists containing polyphony
Common Senses: Phon ("Sound")
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Music - Middle School
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