monophonic (mo-nof-ony;mo-no-fonick) A musical texture consisting of a single voice, as in plainchant.
music that consists of a single melodic line with no additional parts or harmonic accompaniment. Forms of this types of music include Gregorian chant, the music of the trouvères and troubadours of France, the German Minnesingers and Meistersingers, and the music of the English minstels. Most traditional folk song is monophonic. [CBN
A musical composition that has only a single melody line, regardless of the number of voices or instruments in the performance.
Musical texture in which there is only one line.
music consisting of a single vocal part (usually with accompaniment)
A single unaccompanied melody.
Music written in a single melodic line, as opposed to polyphony.
From the Greek for "one-sounding." Music for a single voice or part; a melody without any accompaniment. Gregorian chant is an example of monophony.
music consisting of a single melodic line without additional parts or chordal accompaniment; it is the oldest type of music
A musical texture involving a single melodic line and nothing else, as in Gregorian chant; as opposed to polyphony.
a style of musical texture consisting of a single meody without accomplaniment
In music, monophony is the simplest of textures, consisting of melody without accompaning harmony. This may be realized as just one note at a time, or with the same note duplicated at the octave (such as often when men and women sing together). If the entire melody is sung by two voices or a choir with an interval between the notes or in unison, it is also said to be in monophony.