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adjective
- 1. producing or involving many sounds or voices: "a 64-voice polyphonic sound module"
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Polyphonic means of, relating to, or marked by polyphony, which is music with multiple voices or parts. Learn more about the word history, examples, synonyms, and related phrases of polyphonic.
Polyphonic means consisting of several different tunes that are played or sung at the same time, or relating to or producing such a sound. Learn more about the word, its usage and examples from the Cambridge English Corpus.
Polyphonic means consisting of many voices or sounds, especially in music. Learn how to use this word in different contexts, such as music, phonetics, and organ, with examples and synonyms.
Most polyphonic regions of the world are in sub-Saharan Africa, Europe and Oceania. It is believed that the origins of polyphony in traditional music vastly predate the emergence of polyphony in European professional music.
consisting of several different tunes that are played or sung at the same time, or relating to or producing such a sound: polyphonic ringtones. a 32-voice polyphonic synthesizer. See. polyphony. Fewer examples. Virtually all Romantic music is in the strictest sense polyphonic.
Definition of polyphonic adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. (Music, other) music composed of relatively independent melodic lines or parts; contrapuntal. 2. many-voiced. 3. (Phonetics & Phonology) phonetics of, relating to, or denoting a polyphone. ˌpolyˈphonically adv.
