Editing Polyphony (section)

==Oceania==
Parts of [[Oceania]] maintain rich polyphonic traditions. The peoples of [[New Guinea Highlands]] including the [[Moni people|Moni]], [[Dani people|Dani]], and [[Yali people|Yali]] use vocal polyphony, as do the people of [[Manus Island]]. Many of these styles are [[Drone (music)|drone]]-based or feature close, secondal harmonies dissonant to western ears. [[Guadalcanal]] and the [[Solomon Islands]] are host to instrumental polyphony, in the form of bamboo [[panpipe]] ensembles.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Jordania |first1=Joseph |title='Polyphonic regions of the world' in 'Why do People Sing? Music in Human Evolution' |date=2011 |publisher=Logos |page=36}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Kaeppler |first1=Adrienne L. |last2=Christensen |first2=Dieter |title=Oceanic Music and Dance |url=https://www.britannica.com/art/Oceanic-music#ref14334 |website=Britannica |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |access-date=7 August 2018}}</ref> Europeans were surprised to find drone-based and [[Consonance and dissonance|dissonant]] polyphonic singing in Polynesia. Polynesian traditions were then influenced by Western choral church music, which brought [[counterpoint]] into Polynesian musical practice.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Jordania |first1=Joseph |title='Polyphonic regions of the world' in 'Why do People Sing? Music in Human Evolution' |date=2011 |publisher=Logos |page=35}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Kaeppler |first1=Adrienne L. |last2=Christensen |first2=Dieter |title=Oceanic Music and Dance |url=https://www.britannica.com/art/Oceanic-music#ref14339 |website=Britannica |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |access-date=7 August 2018}}</ref>