monophony
The characteristic of a piece that has only a primary melody and no secondary melody…The characteristic of a piece that has only a primary melody and no secondary melody or accompaniment.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)The characteristic of a piece that has only a primary melody and no secondary melody or accompaniment.
More definitions
- music consisting of a single vocal part (usually with accompaniment)
Origin
From mono- + -phony.From mono- + -phony.
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Synonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- music consisting of a single vocal part (usually with accompaniment):monophonic musicmonody
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable