Heterophony

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The simultaneous playing or singing of two or more versions of a melody.
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  • n. The simultaneous performance, by a number of singers or musicians of two or more versions of the same melody.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An abnormal state of the voice.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Same as heterophonia.
    • Word Usage
    "Small wonder, then, that the Fisk Jubilee Quartet's singing is polished and dignified in a way that now seems as "wrong" to us as the bluesy heterophony of "Po' Mo'ner Got a Home at Last" must have sounded to more than a few of the middle-class blacks who purchased a copy of Victor 16843."
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