monophony Mus.
(məˈnɒfənɪ)
[Formed as monophone + -y.]
1. = monody.
| 1890 Century Dict. 1964 W. Lovelock Student's Dict. Mus. 56/2 Monophony, music which consists simply of a melodic line without any form of accompaniment. 1968 Encycl. Brit. XV. 745/2 Monody,..a musical term that in England is often used to describe music for a single melodic line, though in the U.S. monophony is preferred for this meaning. |
2. Monophonic recording or reproduction.
| 1959 Proc. Inst. Electr. Engin. CVI. b. Suppl. No. 14. 201/1 The best microphone positions for monophony and stereophony frequently differ considerably and are often quite incompatible. 1961 Atlantic Monthly Jan. 146/3, I am sure their transients, meaning the quick high overtones of fiddles and trumpets, are as hard to handle in monophony as in stereo. |