polyphonic

variants or polyphonous

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Recent Examples of polyphonic At its heart is the creation of new vocal datasets, polyphonic AI models capable of blending human and machine voices, pulling audiences into an immersive, participatory experience. Nargess Banks, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025 Everything [in Georgia] symbolizes wine—like the architecture of the medieval century, like churches, even Georgian polyphonic singing, which reminds me of the curly vines. Kurt Johnson, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Dec. 2024 At the heart of the exhibition is the collective creation of new vocal datasets—polyphonic AI models designed to handle and generate multiple distinct elements simultaneously. Nargess Banks, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2024 Rykeyz was on the Roland Juno-106, a polyphonic synthesizer manufactured in the mid-late ’80s. Ashley Iasimone, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for polyphonic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for polyphonic
Adjective
  • So a lot of factors went into the harmonic convergence that coalesced into this critical mass.
    Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 1 June 2025
  • The major-sevenths, by stuffing four notes into the chords, offered greater harmonic options, and Sikes was determined to take advantage of them, encouraging Wayne to incorporate the dissonant notes into her high harmonies.
    Tom Roland, Billboard, 22 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • How does this make any sense except as a very stupid, clumsy, idiotic no good way to give us a homophonic bridge to Gandalf.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The content creator also used a homophonic slur at several points throughout the clip.
    Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2024
Adjective
  • Sigur Rós have announced the final leg of their orchestral tour to take place in North America.
    Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 29 May 2025
  • This plays to the strengths of orchestral music like John Adams’ The Gospel According to the Other Mary.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 27 May 2025
Adjective
  • Each voice has its own rhythmic room and frequency.
    Daegan Miller June 5, Literary Hub, 5 June 2025
  • Inside, flickering lights, marigold garlands and rhythmic chants create an atmosphere of devotion.
    Zia ur-Rehman Asim Hafeez, New York Times, 30 May 2025
Adjective
  • Reckoning marked a tonal shift from the ominous Fallout.
    Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 30 May 2025
  • The opening moments cement its tonal dissonance as, with a twang of Daniel Kowalski’s spare, uneasy score, a brief prologue with fire, a flailing figure and mutterings about Satan snaps to a far more banal view of an empty street lined with dim, shuttered houses under a low, gray sky.
    Jessica Kiang, Variety, 30 May 2025
Adjective
  • Hudson buttressed Al Kooper’s original organ part into a chordal fortress, part of an incendiary performance that surges to peak after peak.
    Jon Pareles, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Learning Greene’s chordal vocabulary on this record, living in his perfect counterpoint, is a constant inspiration for me.
    Giovanni Russonello, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • In the early going, some tender yet mystic motifs suggest the songful chromaticism of Olivier Messiaen.
    Seth Colter Walls, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Widmung as an encore, with natural, songful lyricism.
    Dallas News, Dallas News, 25 June 2022
Adjective
  • Kate Beckinsale debuted a new tattoo in honor of her late father, Richard Beckinsale Richard died in 1979 when the actress was 5 years old Her arm tattoo features a David Bowie lyric Kate Beckinsale is honoring her late dad.
    Catherine Santino, People.com, 5 June 2025
  • As the Duke, René Barbera, a light and agreeably lyric tenor, goes his own way.
    Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2025

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“Polyphonic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polyphonic. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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