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Polyphony and monophony in instruments
Polyphony
is a property of musical instruments that means that they can play multiple notes simultaneously. Instruments featuring polyphony are said to be
polyphonic
. Instruments that are not capable of polyphony are
monophonic
or
paraphonic
.
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