Monodic

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Monodic \Mo*nod"ic\, Monodical \Mo*nod"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ?.]
     1. Belonging to a monody.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Mus.)
        (a) For one voice; monophonic.


        (b) Homophonic; -- applied to music in which the melody is
            confined to one part, instead of being shared by all
            the parts as in the style called {polyphonic}.
            [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  monodic
       adj : having a single vocal part [syn: {monodical}]