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Meaning of "monophony" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MONOPHONY

monophony  [mɒˈnɒfənɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MONOPHONY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Monophony is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MONOPHONY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of monophony in the English dictionary

The definition of monophony in the dictionary is the system of broadcasting, recording, or reproducing sound that uses only one channel between source and loudspeaker. Other definition of monophony is a style of musical composition consisting of a single melodic line.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MONOPHONY


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

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MONOPHONY

monopetalous
monophagous
monophagy
monophase
monophasic
monophobia
monophobic
monophonic
monophonically
monophosphate
monophthong
monophthongal
monophthongise
monophthongize
monophyletic
monophyllous
monophyly
monophyodont

WORDS THAT END LIKE MONOPHONY

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

Synonyms and antonyms of monophony in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «monophony» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MONOPHONY

Find out the translation of monophony to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of monophony from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «monophony» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

单声道
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

monophony
570 millions of speakers

English

monophony
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

monophony
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

monophony
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

монофония
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

monophony
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

monophony
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

monophonie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Monophony
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

monophony
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

モノフォニー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

단성
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Monophony
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

monophony
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

monophony
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वृद्धत्व
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

monophony
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

monofonia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

monofonia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

монофонія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

monophony
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μονοφωνία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

monofonie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

monophony
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

monophony
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of monophony

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MONOPHONY»

The term «monophony» is regularly used and occupies the 97.867 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MONOPHONY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «monophony» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «monophony» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MONOPHONY»

Discover the use of monophony in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to monophony and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Monophony
Songs intersperse monophony, heterophony, polyphony, homophony, or monody elements throughout the melody to create atmosphere and style. Monophony may not have underlying rhythmic textures, and must consist of only a melodic line.
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
2
Companion to Medieval and Renaissance Music
'Monophony' is one of the primary terms in medieval music, not only because it is the dominant mode of the European vernacular genres as well as of Latin song, but because, even in polyphonic works, it remains a central compositional ...
Tess Knighton, David Fallows, 1992
3
The Everything Music Composition Book with CD: A ...
Monophony. Monophony (sometimes called monody) refers to music with a single melody line, and is the oldest and “simplest” form of composition. The texture created by monophonic music is incisive and singular. It's as if the music has only ...
Eric Starr, 2009
4
Improvisation in a Ritual Context: The Music of Cantonese Opera
Music Example 7.3 monophony: single line imitative monophony delayed heterophony 1 -stroke pattern --stroke pattern FMI: ce interlude imitative monophony delayed heterophony delayed heterophony 1 -stroke pattern FMI: sang interlude ...
Shouren Chen, 1991
5
Barstow: Eight Hitchhiker Inscriptions from a Highway ...
108 Finally, Partch connects the Corporeal with Monophony, and the Abstract with equal temperament. Just intonation (of which Monophony is an example) has an infinite number of possible pitch classes and modulatory motions. On the other ...
Richard Kassel, Ben Johnston, 2000
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A Performer's Guide to Medieval Music
Our knowledge of how to perform the songs of the troubadours, trouveres, and Minnesinger, and other non-liturgical monophony, is hampered by the way that the music has been transmitted to us. A surprising number of the manuscripts of ...
Ross W. Duffin, 2000
7
Giving Voice to Love: Song and Self-Expression from the ...
Although the idea of the troubadour as the serious artist who stands apart from the crowd is tinged with romanticism, underlying Page's argument for rhapsodic monophony is a notion of performance similar to that of Kay, namely that the ...
‎2011
8
One Voice: A Reconciliation of Harry Partch's Disparate Theories
Partch did not dispute this as a limitation, but he did stress that Monophony is capable of real transpositions, and more importantly, novel modulations. Admittedly, modulations in Monophony are not likely to serve the same structuring function ...
Brian Timothy Harlan, 2007
9
Music of the Peoples of the World
Monophony is extremely common throughout the world. Graphic 4.1 shows a monophonic song from Lebanon. Although the definition and identification of monophony may seem fairly straightforward, many situations blur the distinction ...
William Alves, 2012
10
Mape Adventures 2 Tm' 2008 Ed.
(j_esson(l. 3y. Monophony. I. Objectives A. Describe the texture of monophonic music B. Aurally identify music having monophonic texture C. Value the tradition of Catholics like the Pabasa by not making fun of them II. Subject Matter ...
Palazo, Et Al

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MONOPHONY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term monophony is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The Sweet Sounds of Success
To quickly test whether the class understood his lesson on the musical “textures” of monophony, polyphony and homophony, he plays CDs and ... «NIU Newsroom, Jul 15»
2
Earliest piece of sheet music for more than one voice discovered …
This is opposed to music with just one voice, called monophony. Music with one dominant melodic voice accompanied by chords is called ... «Daily Mail, Dec 14»
3
Eckhart and Preaching From the Heart of the Church
God does not write monophony. The Fathers bring alive the spiritual senses of Scripture, both through the necessary restraint on the total ... «Patheos, Nov 14»
4
Popular Music Scholarship V: Hip-Hop and its Voice(s) of Protest
... now more than 30 years old); second, the section from which these essays come in The Resisting Muse is called “Monophony or Polyphony? «Scholars and Rogues, Aug 14»
5
At Copenhagen Fashion Week, simple designs for austere times
"I too do absolutely have a lot of trademarks from Scandinavia, such as sharpness and monophony, though I also feel inspired by my five years ... «Reuters India, Aug 14»
6
Aspen Music Festival Review: Whether 19th, 20th or 21st century …
The broad gestures and thundering finish are a long way from Bingen's monophony, but the rousing shouts from the string players at the climax ... «Aspen Times, Jul 14»
7
Arvo Pärt's music celebrated at DC events
... wishes to leave behind the entire modern arsenal and save himself through naked monophony carrying only that which is crucial — the triad. «Washington Post, May 14»
8
Digital Ad Fraud, Ad-Supported Piracy, Non-Viewability: When Will …
The biggest is DoubleClick. You want Viewability? Take away the monophony on the text link held by a handful of companies and change the ... «MediaPost Communications, May 14»
9
Hallelujah! Symphony, chorus and guest soloists ready for another …
“When you finally get to it, which is deep within the work, at that moment instead of polyphony, it's monophony, which is everyone saying the ... «Florida Times-Union, Dec 13»
10
Turkish musician invents a guitar for music of east
This is monophony. Western music has been developed vertically while Eastern music horizontally.” Throughout the ages, both music types ... «Hurriyet Daily News, Apr 13»

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« EDUCALINGO. Monophony [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/monophony>. Apr 2024 ».
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