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Homophony is a musical term that describes the texture of two or more instruments or parts moving together and using the same rhythm. Many hymns are mainly homophonic. This is distinct from counterpoint, in which parts move with rhythmic independence and monophony, where there is but one part. A homophonic texture is also homorhythmic. Music is conceptual time expressed in the structures of tones and silence. ... In music, the word texture is often used in a rather vague way in reference to the overall sound of a piece of music. ... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ... A partition of U into 6 blocks: a Venn diagram representation. ... // Rhythm (Greek ρυθμός = tempo) is the variation of the duration of sounds or other events over time. ... See also hymn - a program to decrypt iTunes music files. ... Counterpoint is a musical technique involving the simultaneous sounding of separate musical lines. ... In music, the word texture is often used in a rather vague way in reference to the overall sound of a piece of music. ... In music, homorhythm is a texture where there is a sameness of rhythm in all parts (Griffiths 2005, p. ...


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Homophony: in poetry, words that sound the same, but are spelt differently. An example of this is seen in Dylan Thomas' "Under Milk Wood": "The shops in mourning" where 'mourning' can be heard as 'mourning' or 'morning'


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Homophony - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (116 words)
Homophony is a musical term that describes the texture of two or more instruments or parts moving together and using the same rhythm.
This is distinct from counterpoint, in which parts move with rhythmic independence and monophony, where there is but one part.
Homophony: in poetry, words that sound the same, but are spelt differently.
Sonic Glossary: Homophony (911 words)
Homophony is a musical texture of several parts in which one melody predominates; the other parts may be either simple chords or a more elaborate accompaniment pattern.
Homorhythmic homophony may be performed by singers only or by singers together with instrumentalists, as long as the rhythm of the main melody is maintained in the accompanying parts.
Homophony is especially common in dance music, but it is also found in much music of the later 18th century.
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