In
music, homophony (
IPA , from Greek "homófonos", where ομοιο = the same, and φωνή = a sound, tone) is a
texture in which two or more
parts move together in
harmony, the relationship between them creating
chords. This is distinct from
polyphony, in which parts move with rhythmic independence, and
monophony, in which all parts (if there are multiple parts) move in parallel rhythm and pitch. A homophonic texture is also
homorhythmic (or uses a "very similar rhythm"). However, in melody-dominated homophony, one voice, often the highest, plays a distinct melody, and the accompanying voices work together to articulate an underlying harmony. Initially, in
Ancient Greece, homophony indicated music in which a single melody is performed by two or more voices in
unison or
octaves, i.e. monophony with multiple voices.
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