homophony

How To Use homophony In A Sentence

• The great Classical theorist Heinrich Koch established the two modern distinctions: monophony - polyphony, and polyphony - homophony.
• However, despite their surface homophony, the underlying phonemic structure of “set” and “said” are sufficiently different as to render them very unlikely candidates for human confusion. Matthew Yglesias » The Gingrich Doctrine and the 21st Century
• This piece juxtaposes the calm homophony of the choir with a more mobile organ part.
• He based this on the homophony and homography of the first singular, and 'homophony' of the 2nd singular pronoun. Minoan, Cyrus Gordon and academic politics
• By setting one voice against three, Byrd masterfully harnesses the emphatic qualities of both polyphony and homophony: the text repetition of the former and the clarity and unity of the latter.
• Homophony is a ubiquitous phenomenon across languages.
• These consorts show a rich vein of imagination, contrasting polyphony with homophony, and simple diatonic with chromatic passages, so that the contrapuntal devices act as a backdrop to the expression of intimate, fluctuating emotions. Archive 2009-05-01
• The use of a cantus firmus was not essential, while big intervals in the melodic lines, chromaticism and homophony in crucial places were all allowed to help the understanding of the words. Archive 2009-06-01
• He based this on the homophony and homography of the first singular, and 'homophony' of the 2nd singular pronoun. Minoan, Cyrus Gordon and academic politics
• Being raised in a Lutheran tradition, my vocal writing is largely chorale style homophony contrasting with traditional contrapuntal textures.