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@@ -578,10 +578,10 @@ In fact, a Voice layer or context is the only one which can contain |
music. If a Voice context is not explicitly declared one is created |
automatically, as we saw at the beginning of this chapter. Some |
instruments such as an Oboe can play only one note at a time. Music |
-written for such instruments is monophonic and requires just a single |
-voice. Instruments which can play more than one note at a time like |
-the piano will often require multiple voices to encode the different |
-concurrent notes and rhythms they are capable of playing. |
+written for such instruments requires just a single voice. Instruments |
+which can play more than one note at a time like the piano will often |
+require multiple voices to encode the different concurrent notes and |
+rhythms they are capable of playing. |
A single voice can contain many notes in a chord, of course, |
so when exactly are multiple voices needed? Look first at |
@@ -616,7 +616,7 @@ The fragments must also be separated with double backward slashes, |
@code{\\}, to place them in separate voices. Without these, the |
notes would be entered into a single voice, which would usually |
cause errors. This technique is particularly suited to pieces of |
-music which are largely monophonic with occasional short sections |
+music which are largely homophonic with occasional short sections |
of polyphony. |
Here's how we split the chords above into two voices and add both |
@@ -1042,7 +1042,7 @@ permitting a phrasing slur to be drawn over them. |
@lilypond[quote,ragged-right,verbatim] |
\new Staff \relative c' { |
\voiceOneStyle |
- % The following notes are monophonic |
+ % The following notes are homophonic |
dak
2012/04/22 16:16:00
I don't have a better suggestion right now, but _n
Graham Percival
2012/04/23 03:37:53
"This section is homophonic" ?
pkx166h
2012/04/26 18:51:41
Done.
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c16^( d e f |
% Start simultaneous section of three voices |
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