Polyphonic And Part-writing

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Polyphonic And Part-writing, what is the diiferent?

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Nadia	Jul 16 2004, 07:02 AM Post #1
Unregistered	Do anyone know the different between polyphonic and part-writing?

maggiemay	Jul 16 2004, 07:58 AM Post #2
Unregistered	Mmmmmmm... well ............... polyphonic means many voices and refers to a style of music where each voice or part moves independently of the others. Part-writing is how you handle the various parts in any style of music, I think. So it could refer to the SATB voices in block four-part harmony (which is not polyphonic in style). Don't know if this clarifies a bit ?? Maggie

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