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Simultaneous performance of two or more melodic lines of relatively equal interest produces the texture called polyphonic, meaning having many sounds. In polyphony several melodic lines compete for attention.

The technique of combining several melodic lines into a meaningful whole is called counterpoint or contracanto.

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