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pol·y·phon·ic
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bluegrass
Bluegrass is a style of fast folk music that began in the Southern United States. -
cantus firmus
an existing melody used as the basis for a new polyphonic composition -
canzonet
a short, sprightly song -
discant
Also, discantus [dis-kan-tuh s] /dɪsˈkæn təs/ (Show IPA). Music. a 13th-century polyphonic style with strict mensural meter in all the voice parts, in contrast to the metrically free organum of the period. -
fugue
Music. a polyphonic composition based upon one, two, or more themes, which are enunciated by several voices or parts in turn, subjected to contrapuntal treatment, and gradually built up into a complex form having somewhat distinct divisions or stages of development and a marked climax at the end. -
homophonic
having the same sound.