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monophony

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monophony

Music consisting of a single unaccompanied melodic line. The concept often also includes melody that is accompanied by a drone or by drumming. Gregorian chant and Byzantine chant constitute the oldest written examples of monophonic repertory.
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This is in contrast both with homophony (which utilizes a dominant melodic line accompanied in the same rhythm by the other voices, thus providing the harmonic texture) and monophony (a technique which displays only one melodic line, regardless of the number of vocal parts).
Boccaccio's Decameron as a primary literary source for the musical ... by Cerocchi, Marco / Italica
Only the shift from monophony to polyphony meant first and foremost a complication of the texture, while in my view that quality of a "new state" in 20th-century music isn't comparable to that previous development.
Create--and do what you will by Havlik, Jaromir / Czech Music
The Danish songs, dating from the 9th though 15th centuries, seem like much that was being produced all over Europe at the time--simple a cappella monophony, homophony, and early polyphonic styles.
Medieval Music in Denmark by Puccio, John / Sensible Sound
 
 
 
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