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heterophony

Form of group music making found in folk music worldwide, in which the same melody line is presented simultaneously in plain and individually embellished forms.
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Furthermore, this is realised with a markedly expressive voice timbre with traces of biphonic singing, with elements of heterophonic blurring in choral passages, sometimes accompanied by traditional Buddhist percussion instruments.
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