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Polyphony
In music, when two or more lines of melody combine so that they fit well together. Counterpoint is another word that has a similar meaning.
Polyphony is also the ability of a synthesizer to play more than one note at a time. If the synthesizer can produce more than one type of sound – for example, a flute and a guitar – simultaneously, it is multi-timbral.
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chord (music)
chromatic scale
consonance
continuo
counterpoint
dissonance
dominant
drone (music)
dynamics (music)
flat
harmonic minor scale
harmonics
harmony
interval
key (music)
key signature
major
major interval
melodic minor scale
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metre (music)
natural
ornamentation
ostinato
pedal point
pentatonic scale
phrase (music)
pitch (music)
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rhythm (music)
scale (music)
sharp
syncopation
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