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adjective

Monophonic adj.

(Mus.) Single-voiced; having but one part; as, a monophonic composition; opposed to polyphonic.

Of or relating to a system for recording and reproducing sound, which has only one sound channel; also called monaural or mono. It contrasts with stereophonic (or stereo), quadraphonic, or surround-sound, which have two or more channels, and can thus reproduce the effect of the sound coming from more than one direction.

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Etymology of 'Monophonic'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... Vecchi in the latter part of the sixteenth century, and at what may be called the golden era of the frottola was generally and successfully applied to that species of composition. Whatever the troubadours and minnesingers may have done toward establishing a metrical melodic form of monophonic character was soon obliterated by the swift popularity of part singing and the immense vogue of the secular songs of the polyphonic composers. When the desire for the vocal solo made itself felt in the exquisitely sensuous ...

— Some Forerunners of Italian Opera • William James Henderson