| The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07. |
| homophony |
(h m f´ n ) (KEY) , species of musical ensemble texture in which all voice parts move more or less to the same rhythm, in which a listener tends to hear the highest voice as the melody and the lower voices as its accompaniment. This term is also used for a texture comprising a melodic line with chordal accompaniment |
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