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How to pronounce homophony in English?

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Type Words
Type of part music
Derivation homophonic
Type Words
Type of pronunciation
Derivation homophonic, homophonous

Examples of homophony

homophony
In homophony, the melody is usually but not always voiced in the highest notes.
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Unfortunately, the newspaper punchline depends on homophony and does not work in print.
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Multi-voiced homophony, widespread in entire Lithuania, is the most archaic in Samogitia.
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May be considered a condition of homophony or distinguished from it.
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If they are singing notes at different pitches but with the same rhythm this is called homophony.
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The lower voices are set mostly in homophony with two exceptions.
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If a melody is accompanied by chords, the texture is homophony.
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This created the demand for a more intricate weaving of the vocal line against backdrop, or homophony.
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In practice this homophony seldom, if ever, causes confusion, as they usually appear in distinct syntactic contexts.
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  • The same pronunciation for words of different origins
  • Part music with one dominant voice (in a homophonic style)
  • (homophonic) having the same sound
  • (homophonic) having a single melodic line with accompaniment
  • In music, homophony (/hu0259u02C8mu0252fu0259ni, hou028A-, -u02C8mu0252fni/; Greek: u1F41u03BCu03CCu03C6u03C9u03BDu03BFu03C2, homu00F3phu014Dnos, from u1F41u03BCu03CCu03C2, homu00F3s, "same" and u03C6u03C9u03BDu03AE, phu014Dnu0113, "sound, tone") is a texture in which a primary part is supported by one or more additional strands that flesh out the harmony and often provide rhythmic contrast...
  • Homophony (from the Greek: u1F41u03BCu03CCu03C2, homu00F3s, "same" and Greek: u03C6u03C9u03BDu03AE, phu014Dnu0113, "sound") in a theory of writing systems is one of the forms of phonogram u2013meaning u201Cdifferent signs for the same valueu201D, i.e. the same sound combinations represented by different signs.
  • (Homophonic) A form of musical texture with a melody and chordal accompaniment.
  • (Homophonic) 'same sound', only one voice evident in a piece of music and is supported by accompaniment
  • (Homophonic) (Gk., "same sound") Music in which a single melodic line is supported by chords or other subordinate material (percussion instruments).