polyphony

Music with two or more independent melodic parts sounded together.

The capability of being pronounced in various ways characterizing some written characters.

In music, the act, process, art, or result of simultaneously combining two or more voice-parts so that they shall maintain their individuality and independent interest, and yet shall harmonize with each other; counterpoint.

Multiplicity of sounds, as in the reverberations of an echo.

Plurality of sounds and articulations expressed by the same vocal sign.

Composition in mutually related, equally important parts which share the melody among them; contrapuntal composition; — opposed to homophony, in which the melody is given to one part only, the others filling out the harmony. See Counterpoint.

Musical texture consisting of several independent melodic voices, as opposed to music with just one voice (monophony) or music with one dominant melodic voice accompanied by chords (homophony).

music arranged in parts for several voices or instruments