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Recent Examples of polyphonic
Angela Flournoy follows her highly honored first novel, The Turner House (2016), with an illuminating polyphonic exploration of the glorious heights and darkest lows of friendships among four women.
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Jane Ciabattari
september 16, Literary Hub, 16 Sep. 2025
Zivix reports that its algorithms can register complex playing techniques like polyphonic bends, slides, hammer-ons and pull-offs, tapping and muting.
—New Atlas, 21 Aug. 2025
Byrd is the word: Revel in the polyphonic glories of William Byrd, perhaps the greatest and certainly most influential of all the English Renaissance composers, in a setting that surely would have felt home to him, as a composer of sacred songs.
—Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 17 July 2025
Your music is a fusion of avant-garde pop, electronics, and polyphonic folk.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Jane Ciabattari
september 16, Literary Hub, 16 Sep. 2025
Zivix reports that its algorithms can register complex playing techniques like polyphonic bends, slides, hammer-ons and pull-offs, tapping and muting.
—New Atlas, 21 Aug. 2025
Byrd is the word: Revel in the polyphonic glories of William Byrd, perhaps the greatest and certainly most influential of all the English Renaissance composers, in a setting that surely would have felt home to him, as a composer of sacred songs.
—Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 17 July 2025
Your music is a fusion of avant-garde pop, electronics, and polyphonic folk.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for polyphonic
Adjective
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The study introduces a novel method for controlling quantum harmonic oscillators — systems that mimic vibrating objects such as springs or pendulums at the subatomic level.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
1 May 2026
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It’s powered by harmonic resonance technology, using rhythmic pulses to gently and effectively comb through knots.—
Gina Vaynshteyn,
StyleCaster,
30 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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My introduction to homophonic translation came from my former teacher, Mónica de la Torre.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Jan. 2026
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How does this make any sense except as a very stupid, clumsy, idiotic no good way to give us a homophonic bridge to Gandalf.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
3 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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The songs’ spines are elastic, accommodating the acoustic, the electronic, the Caribbean, the bombastically orchestral, in arrangements that always seem fun for performers to brand with their likeness.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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The artistic potential in Sphere is a long way from Halpin’s earlier work in production design and creative direction for Pink, Cher, Christina Aguilera, and George Michael’s final tour, Symphonica, which paired the late singer with orchestral accompanists.—
Leena Tailor,
Rolling Stone,
23 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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It’s powered by harmonic resonance technology, using rhythmic pulses to gently and effectively comb through knots.—
Gina Vaynshteyn,
StyleCaster,
30 Apr. 2026
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The novel delivers all the frenzy of a gold rush with rhythmic, hypnotic prose.—
Kat Chen,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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That mistranslation is most visible in its tonal incoherence.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
30 Apr. 2026
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This cardigan features a slightly cropped cut that skims the waist, a crew neckline, tonal iridescent buttons, and a ribbed trim.—
Caroline Hughes,
Travel + Leisure,
29 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Hudson buttressed Al Kooper’s original organ part into a chordal fortress, part of an incendiary performance that surges to peak after peak.—
Jon Pareles,
New York Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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The Italian Jewish composer Salamone Rossi set Psalm 112 in Hebrew, in mainly chordal antiphony.—
Scott Cantrell,
Dallas News,
2 Mar. 2020
Adjective
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Bach was lively, supple, and, especially in the Larghetto, generous in its songful musicality.—
Jeremy Eichler,
BostonGlobe.com,
23 Sep. 2022
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In the early going, some tender yet mystic motifs suggest the songful chromaticism of Olivier Messiaen.—
Seth Colter Walls,
New York Times,
26 Aug. 2022
Adjective
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The education division of Maker Park Radio, a nonprofit streaming station based in Stapleton, offers courses on vinyl, hip-hop lyric writing, live remixing, and intro to music production and sampling.—
The Editors,
Curbed,
16 Apr. 2026
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The pandemic special is not available online, but why not queue up this lyric video version for a pick-me-up?—
Jennifer Armstrong,
IndieWire,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Polyphonic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polyphonic. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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