Identify monophonic, homophonic, and polyphonic textures.
British Dictionary definitions for monophonic
monophonic
/ˌmɒnəʊˈfɒnɪk/
adjective
1.
Also monaural. (of a system of broadcasting, recording, or reproducing sound) using only one channel between source and loudspeaker Sometimes shortened to mono Compare stereophonic
2.
(music) of or relating to a style of musical composition consisting of a single melodic line See also monody (sense 3)
Derived Forms
monophony (mɒˈnɒfənɪ) noun
Word Origin and History for monophonic
adj.
of recordings, broadcasts, etc., "not stereo, having only one output signal," 1958, coined to be an opposite of stereophonic; from mono- + -phonic, from Greek phone "sound, voice" (see fame (n.)).