Monodie

In the Music, the term monodie can mean two things.

Music in unison

The monodie first of all indicates a musical structure from which different the left S - sound sources, instrumental or vocal - is constantly separated by a interval from unison. In this direction, one can also say monophony or homophony. The monodie operates a selection of frequencies - called degree S - by means of scale S and of interval S precise.

Examples: music of the ancient Greece, Plainsong, Song ambrosien, Byzantine Song, as well as many traditional musics whose origin is lost in the mists of time.

In that, the monodie is distinguished from the following musical systems:

- the musics hétérophones , i.e., the musics which essentially, do not use scales of predetermined frequencies;

- the musics practitioner deliberated and programmed sound simultaneities - by means of a partition, generally - such as Polyphony or harmony.

Accompanied melody

In the Western music, and more precisely, in the erudite music, tonal and harmonic, the monodie also indicates the combining and opposing process of musical writing, on the one hand, a left principal - very often, a voice, or a group of voice - carrying out the melody, on the other hand, a second group of voice - or instruments - ensuring the accompaniment of this first part. To simplify, the monodie is summarized with a melody accompanied by agreements.

In this second direction, one can say that the monodie was born during the 16th century, that it is distinguished from the polyphonies of the end of the Moyen-âge, and that it is in the many beginning musical forms, such as: opera, Oratorio, Song, etc

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