Polyphonic

adj. consisting of several harmonized melodies (Music)

This article is about the musical texture. For the feature of electronic instruments see Polyphony (instrument). For the feature of texts see Polyphony (literature). For the company, see Polyphony Digital. In music, polyphony is a texture consisting of two or more 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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Adjective
1. having two or more phonetic values; "polyphonic letters such as `a'"
(pertainym) polyphone, polyphonic letter
(classification) linguistics
2. of or relating to or characterized by polyphony; "polyphonic traditions of the baroque"
(synonym) polyphonous
(pertainym) polyphony, polyphonic music, concerted music
(classification) music
3. having two or more independent but harmonically related melodic parts sounding together
(synonym) contrapuntal
(antonym) monophonic
(classification) music

(a.)
Having a multiplicity of sounds.
  

(a.)
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.
  

(a.)
Characterized by polyphony; as, Assyrian polyphonic characters.
  

polyphonic /,pɔli'fɔnik/ (polyphonous) /pə'lifənəs/
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