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nonpolyphonic en · ADJ

Etymology

From non- + polyphonic.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) 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:
    • 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:
    • 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: