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  2. Polyphony - Wikipedia

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    Polyphony (/ p ə ˈ l ɪ f ə n i / pə-LIF-ə-nee) is a type of musical texture consisting of two or more simultaneous lines of independent melody, as opposed to a musical texture with just one voice or a texture with one dominant melodic voice accompanied by chords ().

  3. Harmonice Musices Odhecaton - Wikipedia

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    The Harmonice Musices Odhecaton (One Hundred Songs of Harmonic Music, [1] also known simply as the Odhecaton) is an anthology of polyphonic secular songs published by Ottaviano Petrucci in 1501 in Venice. It is the first book of polyphonic music ever to be printed using movable type.

  4. List of Mellotron recordings - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of recordings that feature the sound of a Mellotron, a polyphonic tape-replay keyboard developed in the 1960s. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.

  5. List of classical music genres - Wikipedia

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    Lauda – Devotional song popular in the medieval Italian church. Motet – Polyphonic choral composition based on a sacred text. Mozarabic chant – Monophonic liturgical music used in the liturgy of the Mozarabic Rite. Organum – Early form of polyphonic music involving the addition of one or more voices to a preexisting chant.

  6. Overtone singing - Wikipedia

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    Polyphonic overtone singing Pachelbel's Canon, performed by Wolfgang Saus Chirgilchin performing various styles of Tuvan throat singing.. Overtone singing, also known as overtone chanting, harmonic singing, polyphonic overtone singing, or diphonic singing, is a set of singing techniques in which the vocalist manipulates the resonances of the vocal tract to arouse the perception of additional ...

  7. The Polyphonic Spree - Wikipedia

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    The Polyphonic Spree is an American choral rock band from Dallas, Texas that was formed in 2000 by singer/songwriter Tim DeLaughter.The band's pop and rock songs are augmented by a large vocal choir, and instruments such as flute, trumpet, french horn, trombone, violin, viola, cello, percussion, piano, guitars, bass, drums, electronic keyboards, and EWI.

  8. Chanson - Wikipedia

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    In its typical specialized usage, the word chanson refers to a polyphonic French song of the late Middle Ages and Renaissance. [4] Early chansons tended to be in one of the formes fixes—ballade, rondeau or virelai (formerly the chanson baladée)—though some composers later set popular poetry in a variety of forms. The earliest chansons were ...

  9. Music of Georgia (country) - Wikipedia

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    Georgia has rich and still vibrant traditional music, primarily known for arguably the earliest polyphonic tradition of the Christian world.Situated on the border of Europe and Asia, Georgia is also the home of a variety of urban singing styles with a mixture of native polyphony, Middle Eastern monophony and late European harmonic languages.