PART MUSIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does part music mean? 

• PART MUSIC (noun)
  The noun PART MUSIC has 1 sense:

1. vocal music for several voices in independent parts (usually performed without accompaniment)

  Familiarity information: PART MUSIC used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PART MUSIC (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Vocal music for several voices in independent parts (usually performed without accompaniment)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("part music" is a kind of...):

music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "part music"):

homophony (part music with one dominant voice (in a homophonic style))