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Meaning of "heterophony" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HETEROPHONY

heterophony  [ˌhɛtəˈrɒfənɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HETEROPHONY

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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Heterophony is a noun.
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WHAT DOES HETEROPHONY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Heterophony

In music, heterophony is a type of texture characterized by the simultaneous variation of a single melodic line. Such a texture can be regarded as a kind of complex monophony in which there is only one basic melody, but realized at the same time in multiple voices, each of which plays the melody differently, either in a different rhythm or tempo, or with various embellishments and elaborations. The term was initially introduced into systematic musicology to denote a subcategory of polyphonic music, though is now regarded as a textural category in its own right. Heterophony is often a characteristic feature of non-Western traditional musics—for example Arabic classical music, Japanese Gagaku, the gamelan music of Indonesia, kulintang ensembles of the Philippines and the traditional music of Thailand. In European traditions, there are only few examples of heterophony. One such example is dissonant heterophony of dinaric Ganga or "Ojkavica" traditions from southern Bosnia, Croatia and Montenegro that is attributed to ancient Illyrian tradition. Another remarkably vigorous European tradition of heterophonic music exists, in the form of Outer Hebridean Gaelic psalmody.

Definition of heterophony in the English dictionary

The definition of heterophony in the dictionary is the simultaneous performance of different versions of the same melody by different voices or instruments.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HETEROPHONY


acrophony
əˈkrɒfənɪ
ambiophony
ˌæmbɪˈɒfənɪ
angelophany
ˌeɪndʒəˈlɒfənɪ
apophony
əˈpɒfənɪ
autophony
ɔːˈtɒfənɪ
cacophony
kəˈkɒfənɪ
Christophany
krɪsˈtɒfənɪ
colophony
kɒˈlɒfənɪ
gramophony
ɡræˈmɒfənɪ
homophony
hɒˈmɒfənɪ
monophony
mɒˈnɒfənɪ
photophony
fəˈtɒfənɪ
quadraphony
kwɒdˈrɒfənɪ
quadrophony
kwɒdˈrɒfənɪ
radiophony
ˌreɪdɪˈɒfənɪ
satanophany
ˌseɪtənˈɒfənɪ
stereophony
ˌsterɪˈɒfənɪ
tautophony
tɔːˈtɒfənɪ
theophany
θɪˈɒfənɪ
Zoffany
ˈzɒfənɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HETEROPHONY

heteronym
heteronymous
heteronymously
Heteroousian
heterophil
heterophile
heterophyllous
heterophylly
heteroplasia
heteroplastic
heteroplasties
heteroplasty
heteroploid
heteroploidy
heteropod
heteropolar
heteropolarity
heteropolitan
heteropteran
heteropterous

WORDS THAT END LIKE HETEROPHONY

Anthony
antiphony
aphony
autochthony
ciphony
diaphony
dodecaphony
euphony
laryngophony
phony
polyphony
radiotelephony
symphony
telephony
wireless telephony

Synonyms and antonyms of heterophony in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «heterophony» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HETEROPHONY

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The translations of heterophony from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «heterophony» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

heterophony
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

heterofonía
570 millions of speakers

English

heterophony
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

heterophony
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تغاير الصوت
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

heterophony
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

heterofonia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

heterophony
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

hétérophonie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Heterophony
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Heterophonie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ヘテロフォニー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

heterophony
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Heterophony
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

heterophony
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

heterophony
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गर्भाशय नलिका
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

heterophony
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

eterofonia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

heterophony
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

heterophony
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

heterofonia
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ετεροφωνία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

heterophony
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

heterophony
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

heterofoni
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of heterophony

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HETEROPHONY»

The term «heterophony» is used very little and occupies the 177.640 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HETEROPHONY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about heterophony

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HETEROPHONY»

Discover the use of heterophony in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to heterophony and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Musics of Many Cultures: An Introduction
Korean heterophony exists only if there is an intended conscious interaction between performers who fully realize the musical principle of variety within unity. In order to understand this conception of heterophonic sound, it is helpful to look at a ...
Elizabeth May, 1983
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The Cambridge Companion to Debussy
The most important of these I refer to here as the 'heterophonic orchestra'. ' Heterophony' is a term variously applied to different musical phenomena, but perhaps most often it is encountered in descriptions of non-Western instrumental music, ...
Simon Trezise, 2003
3
"Silk and Bamboo" Music in Shanghai: The Jiangnan Sizhu ...
The characteristic musical texture ofJiangnan sizhu is an example if what Western scholars call heterophony, defined by Peter Cooke s "simultaneous variation, accidental or deliberate, of what is identified as the same melody" ( 1980:537).
John Lawrence Witzleben, 1995
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Improvisation in a Ritual Context: The Music of Cantonese Opera
The Music of Cantonese Opera Shouren Chen. Table 7.2 Types of accompaniment in Music Examples 7.1 to 7.3 (cont'd) * FMI stands for Fixed Melodic Interlude. Music Example 7.3 imitative monophony delayed heterophony FMI: ce interlude ...
Shouren Chen, 1991
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The Music of Ruth Crawford Seeger
Counterpoint Heterophony While melody is the basis of Crawford's style, it is when two or more melodies are combined, when they interact contrapuntally, that her music becomes most distinctive and interesting. It is also in a contrapuntal ...
Joseph N. Straus, 2003
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The Ma'lūf in Contemporary Libya: An Arab Andalusian Musical ...
It has been pointed out to me by some members of Araibi's ensemble that the prominent instrument in a ma'lufensemble for the generation of heterophony is the qanun. Simultaneous heterophony, for instance, is most typically produced by the ...
Dr Philip Ciantar, 2013
7
'A Commonsense View of All Music': Reflections on Percy ...
The most common technique in some Asian societies, where equal- stepped scales were used long before equal temperament was invented in Europe, was heterophony. This is neither polyphony nor democratic. David Reck describes it as ...
John Blacking, 1990
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Music After Deleuze
The final manifestation of difference to be considered in Boulez's work is that of heterophony, which consists in the production of virtual melodic lines, analogous to his virtual themes, virtual forms and accumulative developments. While the ...
Edward Campbell, 2013
9
Comparative Musicology and Anthropology of Music: Essays on ...
Heterophony — as used by Stumpf (1901), Adler (1908), Hornbostel (1909b:302; 1913b:354-66; 1928b:46-47, 49-50, 55), and many others — designated something that supposedly results when musicians have not yet learned to direct their ...
Bruno Nettl, Philip V. Bohlman, 1991
10
Africa and the Blues
In elaborate instrumental styles, heterophony is normally combined with functional polyphony that may be rooted in call-and-response schemes, for example, when different instruments such as a trumpet (playing the theme), a clarinet (with ...
Gerhard Kubik, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HETEROPHONY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term heterophony is used in the context of the following news items.
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Minimalism at 50
... at will as they zoned inside the unfolding heterophony of sound, using their instinct to guide them towards moving forwards through the piece. «Gramophone, Jun 15»
2
Wagilak songmen combine with Grabowsky for Nyilipidgi tonight at …
Indigenous music uses improvisation within the confines of set forms, known as heterophony in the western world of music theory. «Herald Sun, Jun 15»
3
Review Roundup: English National Opera's 9/11 Opera BETWEEN …
... Davies suggests sonic immensity through abrupt musical understatement; she creates keening effects with coloratura, and the heterophony ... «Broadway World, Apr 15»
4
Between Worlds, Barbican Theatre, review: An operatic debut into …
... creates keening effects with coloratura, and the heterophony she habitually deploys has the chorus sounding like a flock of frightened birds. «The Independent, Apr 15»
5
Windham Orchestra conductor Hugh Keelan, left, and composer …
The song form is clear, and the lyrical English horn solo sections are interrupted by the harsh, edgy heterophony [the simultaneous playing of ... «Commons, Mar 15»
6
Switchboard Presents: Something for All Tastes
... II and electronically manipulated harp melodies shadowed Weakley's live piano playing relentlessly, yielding a kind of mercurial heterophony ... «San Francisco Classical Voice, Mar 15»
7
The playlist: experimental music – Africa Express, Colin Webster …
The profound clarity of the recording walks your ears inside an orgiastic heterophony of meshed-together lines. And this is the funkiest In C on ... «The Guardian, Mar 15»
8
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, CBSO Centre, Birmingham
Poul Ruders's “Alone” lost nothing by matching the voice with a single clarinet, and writing for them in close heterophony – the clarinet as alter ... «The Arts Desk, Feb 15»
9
Gig review: Nae Regrets: Martyn Bennett's Grit,Glasgow
... the Gaelic version in spine-tingling Gaelic heterophony, while Chanter was a hell-for leather mash-up of shrilling pipe reeds, pounding dance ... «Scotsman, Jan 15»
10
Ten facts about cumbia, Colombia's principal musical style
While the gaita hembra is used for the melody, the gaita macho provides heterophony in conjunction with a maraca. The bullerengue and the ... «OUPblog, Nov 14»

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