MONODIC

{ Mo‐nod″ic (?), Mo‐nod″ic‐al (?), } a. [] 1. 1. Belonging to a monody.
2. 2. (Mus.) (a) For one voice; monophonic. (b) Homophonic; — applied to music in which the melody is confined to one part, instead of being shared by all the parts as in the style called polyphonic.