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polyphony

noun
🔊/pəˈlɪfəni/
🔊/pəˈlɪfəni/
[uncountable] (music音乐)
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  1. the combination of several different patterns of musical notes sung together to form a single piece of music复调 synonym counterpoint
    Word Originearly 19th cent.: from Greek poluphōnia, from polu- ‘many’ + phōnē ‘sound’.