polyphony
noun/pəˈlɪfəni/
/pəˈlɪfəni/
[uncountable] (music)- the combination of several different patterns of musical notes sung together to form a single piece of music synonym counterpointWord Originearly 19th cent.: from Greek poluphōnia, from polu- ‘many’ + phōnē ‘sound’.
Want to learn more?
Find out which words work together and produce more natural sounding English with the Oxford Collocations Dictionary app.
Check pronunciation:
polyphony