What does "monophony" mean?

The characteristic of a piece that has only a primary melody and no secondary melody or accompaniment.

What is a synonym for "monophony"?

Common synonyms include: monaural, mono, mono reproduction, monody, monophonic music, unison.

noun

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Noun

1
The characteristic of a piece that has only a primary melody and no secondary melody or accompaniment. uncountable
2
music consisting of a single vocal part (usually with accompaniment) wordnet

From mono- + -phony.