Homophony - homophony (English spelling)

Japanese: ホモフォニー - ほもふぉにー(英語表記)homophony 英語
Homophony - homophony (English spelling)

A method of forming textures (sound composition principles) in music that emphasizes the vertical aspect of sound. Used in contrast to polyphony, which emphasizes the horizontal flow of sound, it has both contrasting and overlapping aspects with multiphony, in which different sounds are played simultaneously. When the same or octave-related sounds are layered, a unison or parallel octave texture is formed, which is called monophony and is considered a type of homophony. Whether parallel octaves are considered polyphony is fluid, depending on the consciousness of the music creator.

A typical example of homophony is when a single melody is supported by harmony, and there are monody with a harmonic accompaniment by basso continuo, strict harmonic homophony in which each note of the melody is given a chord, and free harmonic homophony, which deviates more freely from this. Note that the French word homophonie simply means a chord that is enharmonic.

[Osamu Yamaguchi]

[Reference] | Polyphony

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Japanese:

音楽において音の垂直面を重視してテクスチュア(音構成原理)を形成する方式の一つ。音の水平的流れを重視するポリフォニーに対して用いられ、異なる音を同時に響かせる多声性(マルチフォニーmultiphony)と対比する側面と重複する側面とをもっている。同一ないしオクターブ関係にある音を重ねて進行すればユニゾンないしオクターブ平行のテクスチュアが形成され、これをモノフォニーmonophonyとよび、ホモフォニーの一種とされる。オクターブ平行を多声性とみなすかどうかは、音楽の作り手の意識によって流動的である。

 ホモフォニーの典型は、一つの旋律を和声でもって支えていく場合で、通奏低音による和声伴奏をもったモノディや、旋律の一つ一つの音に和音を与える厳格和声ホモフォニー、これをもっと自由に逸脱しながら行う自由和声ホモフォニーなどがある。なお、フランス語でのホモフォニーhomophonieは、単に異名同音関係にある和音を意味するにすぎない。

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