The Emergence Machine

Monophony

physical · Music · Level 11 · E9

E9Cultures

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Emergence definition

A musical texture consisting of a single melodic line without harmonic accompaniment, emerging from the combination of sound and silence.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “monophony” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “monophony”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
monophonia
Origin language
grc

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL11L10L9L8L4L2L1L0MonophonyMusicalPerformanceSkillOrganismTexture… intermediate l…FormLifeObjectProcessActionChangeExistenceMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

thisprerequisitesMonophonyL11TextureL4MusicalL10E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Texture L4 (requires) Music sense
    A musical texture consisting of a single melodic line without harmonic accompaniment.
  • Musical L10 (requires)
    A musical texture consisting of a single melodic line without harmonic accompaniment.