what does polyphonic mean?
POLYPHONIC as ADJECTIVE
- Meaning
- having two or more independent but harmonically related melodic parts sounding together
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- Meaning
- of or relating to or characterized by polyphony
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Usage Example(s)
- polyphonic traditions of the baroque
Pertainym(s)
- Meaning
- having two or more phonetic values
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- polyphonic letters such as `a”
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