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harmony

[ hahr-muh-nee ]

noun

plural harmonies.
  1. agreement; accord; harmonious relations.

    Synonyms: friendship, amity, peace, unity, concord

  2. a consistent, orderly, or pleasing arrangement of parts; congruity.

    Synonyms: consonance, consistency, correspondence, conformity

  3. Music.
    1. any simultaneous combination of tones.
    2. the simultaneous combination of tones, especially when blended into chords pleasing to the ear; chordal structure, as distinguished from melody and rhythm.
    3. the science of the structure, relations, and practical combination of chords.
  4. 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

  1. agreement in action, opinion, feeling, etc; accord
  2. order or congruity of parts to their whole or to one another
  3. agreeable sounds
  4. music
    1. any combination of notes sounded simultaneously
    2. the vertically represented structure of a piece of music Compare melody rhythm
    3. the art or science concerned with the structure and combinations of chords
  5. a collation of the material of parallel narratives, esp of the four Gospels
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

harmony

  1. 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.
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  • non·harmo·ny noun plural nonharmonies
  • pre·harmo·ny noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of harmony1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English armonye, from Middle French, from Latin harmonia, from Greek harmonía “joint, framework, agreement, harmony,” akin to hárma “chariot,” harmós “joint,” ararískein “to join together”
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Word History and Origins

Origin of harmony1

C14: from Latin harmonia concord of sounds, from Greek: harmony, from harmos a joint
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Synonym Study

See symmetry. Harmony, melody in music suggest a combination of sounds from voices or musical instruments. Harmony is the blending of simultaneous sounds of different pitch or quality, making chords: harmony in part singing; harmony between violins and horns. Melody is the rhythmical combination of successive sounds of various pitch, making up the tune or air: a tuneful melody to accompany cheerful words.
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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."

From Salon

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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