monophonic
Americanadjective
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Music. of or relating to monophony.
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Also of or noting a system of sound recording and reproduction using only a single channel.
adjective
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Also: monaural. Sometimes shortened to: mono. (of a system of broadcasting, recording, or reproducing sound) using only one channel between source and loudspeaker Compare stereophonic
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music of or relating to a style of musical composition consisting of a single melodic line See also monody
Other Word Forms
- monophonically adverb
- monophony noun
Etymology
Origin of monophonic
First recorded in 1880–85; monophon(y) + -ic
Example Sentences
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The 170 is an analog monophonic synthesizer with a programmable sequencer that comes with a 70-page illustrated manual, including several sample patch diagrams to get you started.Price:
From The Verge • Nov. 5, 2019
The Nintendo Entertainment System’s programmable sound generator—Kondo’s orchestra—had just three monophonic sound channels, a noise channel, and a rarely used sample channel.
From Slate • Jun. 25, 2015
Some are spare and monophonic; some are multitracked.
From New York Times • Jun. 14, 2013
With their monophonic synth-prodding, I might have disdained Depeche Mode, but in his own way, the all-conquering Shakin' Stevens seemed no less lazy to me.
From The Guardian • Nov. 13, 2012
But what all this chant had in common was that it was one memorised, meandering tune with no accompaniment and no harmonising, the Greek term for which is monophonic: one voice.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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