Student Solution

-->

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world”
– Nelson Mandela

1 University

1 Course

1 Subject

Chapter 5 and 6 Discussion

Chapter 5 and 6 Discussion

Q A difficult thing to wrap your head around is the difference between Monophony, Polyphony, and Homophony. We will talk about these quite often in the class. Monophony is only one thing going on. One melody. Medieval chant is monophonic. Pretty much all music before 1000 AD was monophonic, and then it got crazy with 2 voices! (polyphonic is 2 or more melodies, or a melody and a counter melody) An example of monophonic is This next piece starts monophonic, but as soon as the left hand on the piano enters, it becomes polyphonic. Now, homophonic is what you hear on the radio. Chords with one melody over the top. However, the exciting thing about this Jason Mraz song is that it is homophonic for most of the song, and then at 3:08, you'll hear the chorus melody and the verse melody sung at the same time, and that's polyphony! Listen to the clip, and don't forget to pay attention when you get to 3:08. Are you able to distinguish between the three? To get full credit for this assignment, you need to create your own thread, and then comment on at least three other threads of your colleagues'.

View Related Questions

Solution Preview

I think monophonic is the easier of three to pick up on especially if you have a scale to see the melody on. Homophonic would be my second because it will always have a main voice to focus on while the other melodies are subordinate, which is incredibly common in songs most of us listen to now we just never had the words for it.