What is polyphonic music?

Polyphony music is a kind of "multi-voice music". The work contains more than two independent melodies, which are harmoniously combined through technical treatment. This kind of music is called polyphonic music. Polyphony has a long history. Among the church hymns in the Middle Ages, there was the earliest polyphonic music, and the choir sang different melodies in different parts when singing carols.

Later, the Dutch music school in the Netherlands further developed the theory and writing techniques of polyphony. One of the composers, Du Fei, initiated the creation and techniques of "Four Great Harmony". It opened up a perfect road for the later counterpoint theory.

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Development history

/kloc-in the 0/4th century, people were not satisfied with the early polyphonic music form. The new development is to take free treatment when adding tunes to Gregorian hymns, or to fix tunes and new tunes as free creation, thus breaking the rigid practice in the past. In order to enable singers to sing new tunes accurately, special music scores are needed.

/kloc-the second half of 0/5th century ~16th century is the golden age of polyphonic music, especially cappella, represented by G.P.da Palestrina, reached the peak of polyphonic music in this period. During this period, people's attention to lyrics laid the rhythm foundation of music to a great extent.

/kloc-After the 6th century, the structure and technical techniques of polyphony became more and more perfect, which created conditions for the rise and development of instrumental polyphony.

In the18th century, in J.S. Bach's works, harmony was adopted as the main creative method, that is, not only the independence of horizontal lines was required, but also the harmonious relationship of vertical lines was noticed.

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