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Webster 1913 Edition


Homophony

Ho-moph′o-ny

,
Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK]: cf. F.
homophonie
.]
1.
Sameness of sound.
2.
(Mus.)
(a)
Sameness of sound; unison.
(b)
Plain harmony, as opposed to polyphony. See
Homophonous
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Homophony

HOMOPH'ONY

,
Noun.
[Gr. like, sound.] Likeness of sound. Among the Greeks, a kind of music performed in unison, in opposition to antiphony.

Definition 2024


homophony

homophony

English

Noun

homophony (plural homophonies)

  1. (music) a texture in which two or more parts move together in harmony, the relationship between them creating chords.
  2. The quality of being homophonous.

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