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Monophonic

Single-voiced; having but one part; as, a monophonic composition; -- opposed to polyphonic.

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Homophonic 84% connected

Alt. of Homophonous

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Homophonic 84% connected

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Monodic 84% connected

Alt. of Monodical

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Monodic 84% connected

Alt. of Monodical

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Monodical 84% connected

Belonging to a monody.

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Monodical 84% connected

Belonging to a monody.

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Monody 74% connected

A species of poem of a mournful character, in which a single mourner expresses lamentation; a song for one voice.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Monody 74% connected

A species of poem of a mournful character, in which a single mourner expresses lamentation; a song for one voice.

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Mono 92% connected

The black howler of Central America (Mycetes villosus).

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Contrapuntal 94% connected

Pertaining to, or according to the rules of, counterpoint.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Contrapuntal 94% connected

Pertaining to, or according to the rules of, counterpoint.

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Air noun · 78% connection

A musical idea, or motive, rhythmically developed in consecutive single tones, so as to form a symmetrical and balanced whole, which m…

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Breath noun · 78% connection

A single respiration, or the time of making it; a single act; an instant.

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Cantata noun · 78% connection

A poem set to music; a musical composition comprising choruses, solos, interludes, etc., arranged in a somewhat dramatic manner; origi…

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Counterpoint noun · 78% connection

Music in parts; part writing; harmony; polyphonic music. See Polyphony.

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Crop noun · 78% connection

That which is cropped, cut, or gathered from a single felld, or of a single kind of grain or fruit, or in a single season; especially,…

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Devout noun · 78% connection

A devotional composition, or part of a composition; devotion.

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Dictum noun · 78% connection

an opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly bearing on the case in question and therefore not binding

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End noun · 78% connection

The extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity,…

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Fugue noun · 78% connection

A polyphonic composition, developed from a given theme or themes, according to strict contrapuntal rules. The theme is first given out…

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Game verb · 78% connection

The use or practice of such a game; a single match at play; a single contest; as, a game at cards.

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Hand noun · 78% connection

a position given by its location to the side of an object; "objections were voiced on every hand"

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Heat noun · 78% connection

A violent action unintermitted; a single effort; a single course in a race that consists of two or more courses; as, he won two heats…

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Homophonous adjective · 78% connection

Now used for plain harmony, note against note, as opposed to polyphonic harmony, in which the several parts move independently, each w…

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Imitation noun · 78% connection

One of the principal means of securing unity and consistency in polyphonic composition; the repetition of essentially the same melodic…

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Individual noun · 78% connection

The product of a single egg, whether it remains a single animal or becomes compound by budding or fission.

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Instrumentation noun · 78% connection

The arrangement of a musical composition for performance by a number of different instruments; orchestration; instrumental composition…

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Lisp noun · 78% connection

a speech defect that involves pronouncing /s/ like voiceless ‘th’, /θ/ and /z/ like voiced ‘th’, /ð/

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Madrigal noun · 78% connection

An unaccompanied polyphonic song, in four, five, or more parts, set to secular words, but full of counterpoint and imitation, and adhe…

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