HARMONY Definition & Meaning

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harmony

[ hahr-muh-nee ]

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noun

plural harmonies.

agreement; accord; harmonious relations.
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a consistent, orderly, or pleasing arrangement of parts; congruity.
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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.
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

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noun

agreement in action, opinion, feeling, etc; accord
order or congruity of parts to their whole or to one another
agreeable sounds
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
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.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of harmony¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English armonye, from Middle French, from Latin harmonia, from Greek �󲹰��ǲ�í�� “joint, framework, agreement, harmony,” akin to ��á�� “c�󲹰��ǳ�,” �󲹰��ó�� “j�Ǿ��Գ�,” ��í��𾱲� “to join together”

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51�Թ� 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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He told our producer, “I can’t have you overproduce this thing with a bunch of harmonies. Just record the band.”

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Handel delights in the blaring trumpet, the warbling flute, the miracle of harmony, the capacity of music to tame the savage beast and offer revelations of the beyond.

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The frescoes, the club members complained, were “out of harmony” and ruining their enjoyment of their garden — and so, they decreed, the frescoes had to go.

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Members of the choir’s Westside chapter visit the unit every Thursday to sing soothing harmonies to patients in need of comfort, regardless of their prognosis.

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“Back then,” Campbell writes, “everybody was trying to sound like the Allman Brothers. Nobody was playing … short songs with sweet harmonies and big choruses.”

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