Homophony (disambiguation) — Homophony is from the Greek homófonos , where ομοιο means the same, and φωνή means a sound, literally same sounding . It may refer to:*Homophones words with the same pronunciation. *Homophony − in music is a texture in which multiple voices move… … Wikipedia
writing — /ruy ting/, n. 1. the act of a person or thing that writes. 2. written form: to commit one s thoughts to writing. 3. that which is written; characters or matter written with a pen or the like: His writing is illegible. 4. such characters or… … Universalium
Chinese writing — Introduction basically logographic writing system, one of the world s great writing systems. Like Semitic writing in the West, Chinese script was fundamental to the writing systems in the East. Until relatively recently, Chinese… … Universalium
Music theory — is the study of how music works. It examines the language and notation of music. It seeks to identify patterns and structures in composers techniques across or within genres, styles, or historical periods. In a grand sense, music theory distills… … Wikipedia
choral music — ▪ vocal music Introduction music sung by a choir with two or more voices assigned to each part. Choral music is necessarily polyphonal i.e., consisting of two or more autonomous vocal (vocal music) lines. It has a long history in European… … Universalium
Lion-Eating Poet in the Stone Den — The Lion Eating Poet in the Stone Den (zh stp|s=施氏食狮史|t=施氏食獅史|p=Shī Shì shí shī shǐ) is a famous example of constrained writing by Yuen Ren Chao which consists of 92 characters, all with the sound shi in different tones when read in Mandarin. The … Wikipedia
music, Western — Introduction history of Western music from ancient times to the present. All ancient civilizations entered historical times with a flourishing musical culture. That the earliest writers explained it in terms of legend and myth is… … Universalium
Counterpoint — For other uses, see Counterpoint (disambiguation). Extract from Fugue no. 17 in A flat major, BWV 862, from book 1 of The Well Tempered Clavier by Bach, who is widely regarded as the greatest practitioner of counterpoint.[ … Wikipedia
Baroque music — Private baroque theatre in Český Krumlov … Wikipedia
Middle Dutch — Spoken in the Low Countries Era developed into modern Dutch by the middle of the 16th century Language family Indo European Germanic … Wikipedia
