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Definition of monodic

Monodic
Monodic Mo*nod"ic, Monodical Mo*nod"ic*al, a. [Gr. ?.] 1. Belonging to a monody. 2. (Mus.) (a) For one voice; monophonic. (b) Homophonic; -- applied to music in which the melody is confined to one part, instead of being shared by all the parts as in the style called polyphonic.

Meaning of monodic from wikipedia

- composer of the 17th century ever called a piece a monody. Compositions in monodic form might be called madrigals, motets, or even concertos (in the earlier...
- Eresos of ****s (monodic lyric, 7th century BC) Alcaeus of Mytilene of ****s (monodic lyric, 7th century BC) Anacreon of Teos (monodic lyric, 6th century...
- church music, known as Byzantine chant, was exclusively unaccompanied monodic vocal music, sung in Gr****. From the 8th century, chant melodies were governed...
- by a duo, which may also include a rebab. The Berber music is usually monodic with a pentatonic scale system. Malḥūn poetry in oral form is also accompanied...
- as harpsichord, pla**** and held chords while the singer sang/spoke the monodic line. Florence has been a setting for numerous works of fiction and movies...
- A chorale is the name of several related musical forms originating in the music genre of the Lutheran chorale: Hymn tune of a Lutheran hymn (e.g. the melody...
- O Virgo Splendens ("O Splendid Virgin") is a monodic song (fol. 21v-22) from the Llibre Vermell de Montserrat, one of the oldest extant medieval m****cripts...
- the octoechos is still regarded as the foundation of the tradition of monodic chant in the Byzantine Rite today. The names ascribed to the eight tones...
- Melody type or type-melody is a set of melodic formulas, figures, and patterns. "Melody type" is a fundamental notion for understanding a nature of Western...
- traditions of church singing: Eastern monodic (one-voice) singing and choral (Polyphonic). The Eastern monodic singing observes the tradition of Gr****...