Characteristics of polyphonic music

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At first, it refers to multi-part music composed of several parts, as opposed to monophonic music. Later, it refers to multi-part music composed of several melodic parts in motion according to counterpoint, as opposed to main melody music. The parts that make up polyphonic music are not divided into two parts, but opposite or mutual.

Polyphony music in the 20 th century

The style of composers' works in the 20th century has changed greatly compared with that in the last century. The complexity of tonality, mode and chord structure has replaced the previous techniques of basic natural sound system. 19 10 years later, many composers are keen to use all 12 tones of chromatic scales completely and freely, and some have tonal centers, such as the negative tonal centers of P. hindemith, such as Schoenberg; Some use a combination of diphthongs and polytones, such as Mi Yue. Diptonality or polytonality, because of the different tonality of several tunes, has a considerable degree of independence, thus strengthening the effect of counterpoint. The effect of atonal music mainly depends on the organization of motivation, putting the melody line in a prominent position and letting harmony take a back seat. The word modern line counterpoint was originally used to describe the early polyphonic music form, but now it is often used to describe a structure that has nothing to do with harmony and is interwoven with melody lines. Compared with19th century, polyphonic music has advantages in 20th century, but it is not in the sense of Palestrina or Bach's era. In writing techniques, melody tends to develop freely and flexibly. The theme is often regarded as reflection or retrogression; In counterpoint composition, a complex rhythm combination is adopted, which is the main feature of modern polyphonic music.

Polyphony music, as a course, includes counterpoint, cannon, fugue and so on. Its writing methods can be divided into two categories: contrasting polyphony (see counterpoint) and imitating polyphony (see imitation). Music created in the form of polyphonic music includes creative music, solo, cannon music and fugue.