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词汇 polyphony
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Definition of polyphony in English:

polyphony

nounPlural polyphonies pəˈlɪf(ə)nipəˈlɪfəni
mass nounMusic
  • 1The style of simultaneously combining a number of parts, each forming an individual melody and harmonizing with each other.

    〔乐〕复调风格

    his love affair with 16th-century English polyphony
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Messiaen's almost Pentecostal polyphony not only makes us hear traditional melodies with new ears, it also makes us return to nature and listen to those sounds with a deeper spiritual understanding.
    • What surprised me was that a group from the opera chorus, joined by some students, wanted to give a whole concert of Renaissance polyphony, a style of music which the Russians never fostered.
    • The characteristic feature of Georgian folk music is polyphony.
    • The combination of melodies in polyphony, one of the great artistic achievements of medieval Europe, has produced the need for a more specialized explanation of melody in Western music.
    • This frees McFerrin to experiment with musical forms ranging from Medieval polyphony to African folk music.
    Synonyms
    euphony, consonance
    1. 1.1count noun A composition written, played, or sung in polyphony.
      复调音乐
      Example sentencesExamples
      • This particularly brilliant and beautiful instrument illuminates the most complex orchestral and choral polyphonies of Bach and Handel.
      • My favourite part is the quintet; it is a heavenly polyphony.
    2. 1.2 The ability of an electronic keyboard or synthesizer to play a number of notes simultaneously.
      (电子键盘或合成器上的)齐奏音(符)数
      the polyphony is a standard 32-voice
      Example sentencesExamples
      • If you expect to exceed the polyphony limits of your keyboard with any regularity, check out what it does when you push the envelope.
      • Using two iterations, I had nine polyphonic instruments up and running, with polyphony occasionally spilling over 100 notes simultaneously.
      • In effect, your keyboard can now be played with polyphony (simultaneous sounds) as high as the number of channels selected for Jazz Edit mode.

Derivatives

  • polyphonist

  • noun
    Music
    • With his teacher, Palestrina, Victoria was regarded as one of the greatest polyphonists of the age, his music renowned for its individual colour and dramatic vigour.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Concert FM's coverage of the Arts Festival continues with this Flemish ensemble that brings to life music from the Golden Age of the polyphonists in the Low Countries.
  • polyphonous

  • adjective
    Music
    • He is valuable only in underlining the need for Scotland to desist from its love for the underwhelming underdog and embrace the polyphonous diversity and universality of jazz, wherever it may reside.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • So the aim is not to do without language, but to multiply its styles and to find ways of players of different language games to create huge, polyphonous, cacophonous, callipygous symphonies.
      • Hukkle doesn't have any dialogue, but the rustle of everyday existence is turned up extra loud until everything seems to be asserting its frequency in the polyphonous drone of the phenomenal world.

Origin

Early 19th century: from Greek poluphōnia, from polu- 'many' + phōnē 'sound'.

Rhymes

antiphony, epiphany, tiffany

Definition of polyphony in US English:

polyphony

nounpəˈlifənēpəˈlɪfəni
Music
  • 1The style of simultaneously combining a number of parts, each forming an individual melody and harmonizing with each other.

    〔乐〕复调风格

    his love affair with 16th-century English polyphony
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The characteristic feature of Georgian folk music is polyphony.
    • What surprised me was that a group from the opera chorus, joined by some students, wanted to give a whole concert of Renaissance polyphony, a style of music which the Russians never fostered.
    • Messiaen's almost Pentecostal polyphony not only makes us hear traditional melodies with new ears, it also makes us return to nature and listen to those sounds with a deeper spiritual understanding.
    • The combination of melodies in polyphony, one of the great artistic achievements of medieval Europe, has produced the need for a more specialized explanation of melody in Western music.
    • This frees McFerrin to experiment with musical forms ranging from Medieval polyphony to African folk music.
    Synonyms
    euphony, consonance
    1. 1.1 A composition written, played, or sung in polyphony.
      复调音乐
      Example sentencesExamples
      • My favourite part is the quintet; it is a heavenly polyphony.
      • This particularly brilliant and beautiful instrument illuminates the most complex orchestral and choral polyphonies of Bach and Handel.
    2. 1.2 (on an electronic keyboard or synthesizer) the number of notes or voices that can be played simultaneously without loss.
      (电子键盘或合成器上的)齐奏音(符)数
      the polyphony is a standard 32-voice
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In effect, your keyboard can now be played with polyphony (simultaneous sounds) as high as the number of channels selected for Jazz Edit mode.
      • If you expect to exceed the polyphony limits of your keyboard with any regularity, check out what it does when you push the envelope.
      • Using two iterations, I had nine polyphonic instruments up and running, with polyphony occasionally spilling over 100 notes simultaneously.

Origin

Early 19th century: from Greek poluphōnia, from polu- ‘many’ + phōnē ‘sound’.

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