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harmony
[ hahr-muh-nee ]
noun
- agreement; accord; harmonious relations.
Synonyms: friendship, amity, peace, unity, concord
- a consistent, orderly, or pleasing arrangement of parts; congruity.
Synonyms: consonance, consistency, correspondence, conformity
- Music.
- any simultaneous combination of tones.
- the simultaneous combination of tones, especially when blended into chords pleasing to the ear; chordal structure, as distinguished from melody and rhythm.
- the science of the structure, relations, and practical combination of chords.
- an arrangement of the contents of the Gospels, either of all four or of the first three, designed to show their parallelism, mutual relations, and differences.
harmony
/ ˈhɑːmənɪ /
noun
- agreement in action, opinion, feeling, etc; accord
- order or congruity of parts to their whole or to one another
- agreeable sounds
- music
- any combination of notes sounded simultaneously
- the art or science concerned with the structure and combinations of chords
- a collation of the material of parallel narratives, esp of the four Gospels
harmony
- The sounding of two or more musical notes at the same time in a way that is pleasant or desired. Harmony, melody, and rhythm are elements of music.
Other Words From
- non·harmo·ny noun plural nonharmonies
- pre·harmo·ny noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of harmony1
Word History and Origins
Origin of harmony1
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Example Sentences
I had some pretty strong views about the harmonies — I wanted them to be super ’70s.
There are only a few numbers, but most of them are marvelous constructions with sinewy arrangements and overlapping harmonies that tangle around each other during duets.
Jolie Robertson, a YouTuber who has created videos defending kids who go no-contact, said she attributes these reactions to "the expectation of dishonest harmony in families."
There is the scary modernist Schoenberg — inventor of the 12-tone system, replacing traditional harmony with the democratic notion that all notes are equal — who reputedly drives audiences away.
Watching people record harmonies in real time, everyone on one mic, having to match the tonality of everybody else.
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