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Recent Examples of polyphonic
At the heart of the exhibition is the collective creation of new vocal datasets—polyphonic AI models designed to handle and generate multiple distinct elements simultaneously.
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Nargess Banks, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2024
Maria Arnal, the composer behind the film’s score, brought her polyphonic approach, collaborating closely with the director.
—Callum McLennan, Variety, 5 Sep. 2024
The interviews, some friendly, some contentious, give the novel a polyphonic feel, a sense that the discussions and arguments continue to this day.
—Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2024
Dazzling and tightly wound, polyphonic and opinionated, the novel was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.
—Emma Alpern, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2024
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Nargess Banks, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2024
Maria Arnal, the composer behind the film’s score, brought her polyphonic approach, collaborating closely with the director.
—Callum McLennan, Variety, 5 Sep. 2024
The interviews, some friendly, some contentious, give the novel a polyphonic feel, a sense that the discussions and arguments continue to this day.
—Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2024
Dazzling and tightly wound, polyphonic and opinionated, the novel was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.
—Emma Alpern, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for polyphonic
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art is, in these darkest days of midwinter, one of the city’s spiritual hot spots, thanks to the harmonic convergence of two outstanding and very different exhibitions, both closing soon.Holland Cotter, New York Times, 26 Dec. 2024
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However, the bass beats didn't produce a harmonic signal, which was surprising since those beats were better synchronized with the actual musical beats than Tepp's jumping motions.Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 26 Mar. 2024
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How does this make any sense except as a very stupid, clumsy, idiotic no good way to give us a homophonic bridge to Gandalf.Erik Kain, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
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The content creator also used a homophonic slur at several points throughout the clip.Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2024
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In October, Grande premiered several orchestral live performance videos of the album’s song that showcased the singer alongside a 10-piece band.Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 6 Jan. 2025
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On an orchestral track like the opening scene to John Adams' The Gospel According to the Other Mary, the instruments sound vibrant and full.PCMAG, PCMAG, 11 Dec. 2024
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The soundtrack has very rhythmic sound comments – Chemical Brothers style – and not many melodies.Billboard Italy, Billboard, 13 Jan. 2025
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Sometimes a sketch lives or dies because of some rhythmic alchemy.Susan Morrison, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
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The pastel eyeshadow, the thick black eyelashes, the tonal, glossy lip and the shimmering highlight on the peaks of her face.Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 5 Jan. 2025
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Lace trim on front straps Rose gold-tone hardware including X front closure with tonal stone embellishment Adjustable supportive elastic straps Lace: 93% Polyamide, 7% Elastane; Wing Lining: 87% Nylon, 13% Elastane; Cup lining: 100% Polyester.Etsy, refinery29.com, 3 Jan. 2025
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The Italian Jewish composer Salamone Rossi set Psalm 112 in Hebrew, in mainly chordal antiphony.Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 2 Mar. 2020
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Maybe that explains why their playing in the Eighth Symphony sang out with such fullness and breadth, and why chordal passages had such strong hints of a church choir.New York Times, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2020
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In the early going, some tender yet mystic motifs suggest the songful chromaticism of Olivier Messiaen.Seth Colter Walls, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2022
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Widmung as an encore, with natural, songful lyricism.Dallas News, Dallas News, 25 June 2022
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As early as 1992, MacColl was performing the song with the same lyric change.Pat Saperstein, Variety, 22 Dec. 2024
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The lyric reworks are basically telling people how to use the Cologuard test, then it gets screened.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
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“Polyphonic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/polyphonic. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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