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Roberto Strappafelci wrote:
>Kevin Sutton wrote:
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>>No you're not! Homophony does not occur at the unison or the octave. The
>>term is related to multipart writing and means (again) that all voices move
>>at the same time.
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>This is definitively not homophony. It is "homorhythm".
Enough of this. Here is the definition of homophony from the Harvard
Dictionary of Music:
Homophony: Music in which the melodic interest is concentrated in
one voice or part that is provided with a subordinate accompaniment,
as distinct from Polyphony in which melodic interest is distributed
among all parts of a musical texture. The term MAY REFER to a variety
of melody-plus-accompaniment textures AS WELL AS TO texture, termed
HOMORHYTHMIC, in which all parts move with the same or similar rhythm.
Sorry to disappoint you Robert, but I will takethe word of Mr. Randel, the
author of the most difinitive music dictionary in print and accept the fact
that homorhythm is indeed homophony.
Kevin Sutton
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