Homophony music, homophony

A type of polyphonic music. Its characteristic is that it uses several parts as accompaniment to strengthen and complement the main melody. The name of tonic music is that compared to polyphonic music, the main melody can be located in any voice, but most often in the high voice.

After going through the periods of monophonic music and polyphonic music, Western music gradually entered the period of tonal music starting from about the 17th century. The main factors that promoted the development of tonic music are: the influence of the broken chord texture used by Lute in folk music, the widespread use of keyboard instruments that can play independent harmonies, the rise of opera and J.-P. Rameau's work in and Contributions to acoustic theory research, etc. During the Marlock period, the use of digital bass also played an important role in promoting the development of keynote music. After the mid-18th century, tonic music became the mainstream of Western music, while polyphonic music coexisted with or combined with tonic music. It entered the 20th century through the development process of classical music, romantic music, etc. Since the 1920s, most of China's professional music creation has also adopted the form of main-key music. There are many works written in main-key music and have various musical styles. For the writing of keynote music, harmony is one of the most important composition techniques.