English

Noun

heterophony ‎(plural heterophonies)

1. (music) The simultaneous performance, by a number of singers or musicians of two or more versions of the same melody.

Related terms

• heterophone
• heterophonic
• heterophonous

Translations

See also

• heterophony on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• polyphony

References

• “heterophony” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2^nd Ed.; 1989]