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Polyphony


In music, when two or more lines of melody combine so that they fit well together. Counterpoint is another word that has a similar meaning.

Polyphony is also the ability of a synthesizer to play more than one note at a time. If the synthesizer can produce more than one type of sound – for example, a flute and a guitar – simultaneously, it is multi-timbral.

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