Re: Please correct the German trans lation at "I’m hearing Voices"

[Thomas Scharkowski]

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> Hello,
>
> On 21 April 2012 21:30, Thomas Scharkowski<address@hidden>  wrote:
> > > > I'm not top posting.
> > >
> > >
> > > Documentation version: 2.15
> > > Chapter: I’m hearing Voices
> > > Issue type: Uncritical, but more logical
> > >
> > > Original German text:
> > >
> > > "...wenn es sich bei den Noten um hauptsächlich homophone Musik handelt,
> > > in der
> > > hier und da polyphone Stellen vorkommen."
> > >
> > > Change "homophone Musik" to "monophone Musik".
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > JUHO
> >
> > I think there is some confusion in the original english version - you can
> > use several simultanuous notes in a single voice, so "homophonic" is more
> > suitable than "monophonic".
>
> Unless those notes in that single voice all '...move in parallel
> rhythm and pitch....' in which case it is monophonic.
Yes.
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homophony
>
> I'm no scholar (or singer) but I am guessing that 'mono..' was used
> here as distinct to 'poly..' (i.e. monophony vs polyphony)?
>
> James
So "mono..." is wrong in this context.

Thomas