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polyphony

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Noun — Musical texture consisting of several independent melodic voices, as opposed to music with just one voice (monophony) or music with one dominant melodic voice accompanied by chords (homophony).

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek πολυφωνία (poluphōnía); equivalent to poly- + -phony.

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