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monophony

monophony noun: the characteristic of a piece that has only a primary melody and no secondary melody or accompaniment.

Noun

monophony (uncountable)

  1. The characteristic of a piece that has only a primary melody and no secondary melody or accompaniment.

Origin of monophony

From mono- + -phony.

Questions about monophony

What does monophony mean?
Monophony means the characteristic of a piece that has only a primary melody and no secondary melody or accompaniment.
What part of speech is monophony?
Monophony is a noun.

Words near monophony in the dictionary

  1. monophonemic
  2. monophones
  3. monophonic
  4. monophonically
  5. monophonous
  6. monophony
  7. monophosphane
  8. monophosphanes
  9. monophosphatase
  10. monophosphatases
  11. monophosphate

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