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Monophonic   /mˌɑnəfˈɑnɪk/   Listen
Monophonic

adjective
1.
Designating sound transmission or recording or reproduction over a single channel.  Synonyms: mono, single-channel.
2.
Consisting of a single melodic line.



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... Vecchi in the latter part of the sixteenth century, and at what may be called the golden era of the frottola was generally and successfully applied to that species of composition. Whatever the troubadours and minnesingers may have done toward establishing a metrical melodic form of monophonic character was soon obliterated by the swift popularity of part singing and the immense vogue of the secular songs of the polyphonic composers. When the desire for the vocal solo made itself felt in the exquisitely sensuous ...
— Some Forerunners of Italian Opera • William James Henderson


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