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  2. Polyphony and monophony in instruments - Wikipedia

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    An intuitively understandable example for a polyphonic instrument is a (classical) piano, on which the player plays different melody lines with the left and the right hand - depending on music style and composition, these may be musically tightly interrelated or may even be totally unrelated to each other, like in parts of Jazz music. An ...

  3. Polyphony - Wikipedia

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    It can be differentiated between two-, three- and four-voice polyphony. In Aromanian music, polyphony is common, and polyphonic music follows a set of common rules. [25] The phenomenon of Albanian folk iso-polyphony (Albanian iso-polyphony) has been proclaimed by UNESCO a "Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity".

  4. Monophony - Wikipedia

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    This melody for the traditional song "Pop Goes the Weasel" is monophonic as long as it is performed without chordal accompaniment. [1]Play ⓘ. In music, monophony is the simplest of musical textures, consisting of a melody (or "tune"), typically sung by a single singer or played by a single instrument player (e.g., a flute player) without accompanying harmony or chords.

  5. Chanson - Wikipedia

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    [3] [4] [5] The genre had origins in the monophonic songs of troubadours and trouvères, though the only polyphonic precedents were 16 works by Adam de la Halle and one by Jehan de Lescurel. [6] Not until the ars nova composer Guillaume de Machaut did any composer write a significant number of polyphonic chansons. [6]

  6. Unison - Wikipedia

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    Music in which all the notes sung are in unison is called monophonic. In a choir with two or more sections, such as for different vocal ranges, each section typically sings in unison. Part singing is when two or more voices sing different notes. Homophony is when choir members sing different pitches but with the same rhythm.

  7. Transcription (music) - Wikipedia

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    There are basically two different types of music which create very different demands for a pitch detection algorithm: monophonic music and polyphonic music. Monophonic music is a passage with only one instrument playing one note at a time, while polyphonic music can have multiple instruments and vocals playing at once. Pitch detection upon a ...

  8. Motet - Wikipedia

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    The motet was one of the pre-eminent polyphonic forms of Renaissance music. According to the English musicologist Margaret Bent, "a piece of music in several parts with words" is as precise a definition of the motet as will serve from the 13th to the late 16th century and beyond. [1]

  9. List of classical music genres - Wikipedia

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    Gregorian chant – Monophonic liturgical music used in the Roman Catholic liturgy. Gymel – Form of English origin where a single voice part splits into two equal ranges, singing different but converging lines. Lai – Lyrical, narrative poem written in octosyllabic couplets that often deals with tales of adventure and romance.