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/pˌɒlɪfˈɒnɪk/
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[ US /ˌpɑˌɫɪˈfɑnɪk/ ]
[ US /ˌpɑˌɫɪˈfɑnɪk/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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of or relating to or characterized by polyphony
polyphonic traditions of the baroque -
having two or more phonetic values
polyphonic letters such as `a' - having two or more independent but harmonically related melodic parts sounding together
How To Use polyphonic In A Sentence
- It was a great moment near the end of the colloquium when it became clear that the three-choir polyphonic complexity scheduled for the last motet was not really viable. 250 Sing Liszt's Ave Maris Stella
- May 7th, 2008 at 4: 22 am nextel real music ringtones says: info personal polyphonic remember ringtones siemens info personal polyphonic remember ringtones Think Progress » Iraqi Leaders Call On U.S. To Set Timetable
- Communion in the hand kept to a minimum, 2 Deacons alongside the Celebrant, no concelebration, birettas, supremely reverent atmosphere, and beautiful vestments and even more beautiful music exclusively polyphonic/chant. "Liturgical paradigms for the whole world..."
- However, around the turn of the 15th century, the practice began of having a small chorus sing polyphonically.
- Polyphonic sound is basically a ringtone that can produce more than two notes at a time, sixteen to be precise, allowing for a tune that covers a broader spectrum of music.
- It was with shock and horror that I opened the newspaper a few weeks ago, to learn that polyphonic ringtones are now outselling pop singles by a significant margin.
- Partly this is due to the heavy reliance on the second tone plainchant melody, which can be clearly heard in the first polyphonic verse at ‘in Deo salutary meo’ (‘in God my saviour’) and a soprano and alto duet at ‘Esurientes implevit bonis’ (‘He hath filled the hungry with good things’). Archive 2009-06-01
- Those which do survive show that Bruck composed in the Josquin tradition and was a master of liturgical cantus-firmus treatment seen for example, in the sequence Dies irae as well as in the Te Deum, an alternatim setting in which with the exception of verse 16 the even numbered verses are set polyphonically. Archive 2009-06-01
- The polyphonic voices of the poem remind us at every turn that all of these larger issues concern a pervasive discomfort with the body.
- Its various repertoire covers a wide range of musical works from unisonous songs to polyphonic compositions of the Renaissance.