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Recent Examples of polyphonic
The choral elements on the record shine most vividly on the title track, which features polyphonic swells of voices humming melodies, overtaking the piano, dropping and then rising again.
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Hanif Abdurraqib,
New Yorker,
6 Feb. 2026
Women who worked in shops sang together in bellowing, polyphonic unison.
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Emma Madden,
Pitchfork,
21 Dec. 2025
Zivix reports that its algorithms can register complex playing techniques like polyphonic bends, slides, hammer-ons and pull-offs, tapping and muting.
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New Atlas,
21 Aug. 2025
Your music is a fusion of avant-garde pop, electronics, and polyphonic folk.
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Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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Hanif Abdurraqib,
New Yorker,
6 Feb. 2026
Women who worked in shops sang together in bellowing, polyphonic unison.
—
Emma Madden,
Pitchfork,
21 Dec. 2025
Zivix reports that its algorithms can register complex playing techniques like polyphonic bends, slides, hammer-ons and pull-offs, tapping and muting.
—
New Atlas,
21 Aug. 2025
Your music is a fusion of avant-garde pop, electronics, and polyphonic folk.
—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for polyphonic
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Then the other part of it was really kind of finished with Niwel’s beautiful harmonic accompaniment.
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The rhythmic pulse of hand clapping, accompanied by the resounding harmonic messages through voice.
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My introduction to homophonic translation came from my former teacher, Mónica de la Torre.
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How does this make any sense except as a very stupid, clumsy, idiotic no good way to give us a homophonic bridge to Gandalf.
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Ys was co-produced by orchestral pop trailblazer Van Dyke Parks and engineered by punk icon Steve Albini, the only time those two prolific legends worked on the same album.
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John Powell’s score similarly moves through the orchestral traditions of Hollywood’s Golden Age, underscoring set pieces that shift between western, horror and silent-era pastiche.
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Those are just a few of the 80 single-player minigames in this package, which also features Beatspell, a rhythmic role-playing adventure that requires nimble finger-work to cast spells.
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Structural, rhythmic, intentional connection, built into how your organization operates every single day.
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To avoid a flat, monotone look, play with color and create tonal contrast.
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Poopsie’s smile was the beat of visual humor that gave the bit the tonal shift that was missing from its initial narrative construction.
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Probably because at the time many of the time signatures and chordal progressions that Miles used were over the head of a young guitar player still functioning in the blues and folk idioms.
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Hudson buttressed Al Kooper’s original organ part into a chordal fortress, part of an incendiary performance that surges to peak after peak.
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Bach was lively, supple, and, especially in the Larghetto, generous in its songful musicality.
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In the early going, some tender yet mystic motifs suggest the songful chromaticism of Olivier Messiaen.
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The song was paired with a lyric video that reuses two-decade-old footage shot by collaborator Cliff Watts, who also photographed Beyoncé’s Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover.
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According to a release from Parkwood Entertainment, the song arrives along with a lyric video directed by Cliff Watts that repurposes old footage.
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“Polyphonic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polyphonic. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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