Meaning & use
polyphonic
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Consisting of multiple independent melodic lines or voices sounding together, as in certain styles of music.
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Renaissance choral music is often polyphonic, weaving several vocal lines together.
The synthesizer can play polyphonic chords instead of just one note at a time.
A note on using this word
Polyphonic contrasts with 'monophonic,' which refers to a single melodic line without independent harmony parts.
Words with a similar meaning
multi-voiced
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Words with an opposite meaning
monophonic
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