polyphonic

Adjective

Meaning

Having a multiplicity of sounds.

Characterized by polyphony; as, Assyrian polyphonic characters.

Consisting of several tone series, or melodic parts, progressing simultaneously according to the laws of counterpoint; contrapuntal; as, a polyphonic composition; -- opposed to homophonic, or monodic.

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Polyphonic prose is a kind of free verse, except that it is still freer. Polyphonic makes full use of cadence, rime, alliteration, assonance. Amy Lowell

Polyphonic painting is superior to music in that, here, the time element becomes a spatial element. The notion of simultaneity stands out even more richly. Paul Klee

The guitar is a small orchestra. It is polyphonic. Every string is a different color, a different voice. Andres Segovia

I started playing guitar when I was 12 and probably from that age knew that I wanted to make music and make my own music. Playing with other bands like the Polyphonic Spree and Sufjan Stevens was more like an apprenticeship for me than anything. St. Vincent (musician)

polyphonic traditions of the baroque Source: Internet

polyphonic letters such as `a' Source: Internet

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