MUSIC 2A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Heterophony, Duduk, Monophony
7 Jan 2020
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The relationship of simultaneous musical sounds: monophony: a single unaccompanied melody. A group of singers sing in unison, meaning they all sing the same notes at the same time in whichever range is comfortable. Regardless of the octave: biphony: a melody with an accompanying drone. Example: khoomii singing and armenian duduk (drone) Drone just holds one note throughout: one line is more important than the other: homophony: a single accompanied melody. A singer or solo instrumentalist is accompanied by piano: heterophony: multiple parts sound slightly different versions of the same melody simultaneously. One singer delivers are you sleeping? as another sings a highly ornamented version of the same song. Class example: singing in french and one in english: polyphony: multiple parts either sound different parts of the same melody simultaneously (round, canon) or sound different melodies simultaneously. A group of singers perform are you sleeping? as a round (canon) Review chapter 1 to prepare for quiz 2.
