monodic
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of monodic
From the Greek word monōidikós, dating back to 1810–20. See monody, -ic
Example Sentences
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Polyphonic music of every sort had now to go for a while; monodic music was coming in.
From Haydn by Runciman, John F.
They seem richer in themes than the others, partly because the themes are bigger, partly because they are more perfectly adapted to monodic, harmonic treatment, and out of every bar something is made.
From Haydn by Runciman, John F.
Chinese music has always been monodic, and they use a great variety of melodic shadings composed of intervals of small fractions of a step.
From A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present by Mathews, W. S. B. (William Smythe Babcock)
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