harmonic

Examples

• All

• Part of minimalism's popular success can be attributed to its harmonic accessibility and vital rhythms.

  Academic text (1998)

• Songwriting can be complicated because classical and popular musicians tend to hear, see, and conceptualize harmonic motion differently.

  Academic text (2011)

• It's basically a harmonic web of life.

  Stanford

• Gradually, your students will learn to bring greater harmonic understanding to all the music they hear and play.

  Academic text (1999)

• Activities in guitar class should lead students to explore and exploit the harmonic potential of the guitar.

  Academic text (1990)

• Much rock and pop music uses simple, repeated harmonic patterns and bass lines, often referred to as "vamps."

  Academic text (2001)

• Students should develop an aural sense of harmonic progression and should learn to identify chord types and functions.

  Academic text (1990)

• The scoring rubric encouraged students to incorporate dynamics and harmonic structure into their compositions.

  Academic text (2015)

• When your students have mastered melodic thirds, they are ready to begin singing harmonic intervals.

  Academic text (2002)

• Yet, "the languorous, harmonic feeling of Scriabin's music is strongly suggestive of slowly shifting colors." 16

  Academic text (1997)

Synonyms

M

musical

vsharmonic

63 1.7

Having a pleasing sound like a song

is about the unity and agreement of tones, not just melody alone

S

sweet

vsharmonic

58 1.1

Pleasing to the ear, like a soft melody

focuses on combined tones forming a pleasing whole rather than a single pleasant tone

M

melodic

vsharmonic

18 3.9

It has a pleasant tune that is easy to sing

highlights collective tone agreement rather than a single tune focus

M

melodious

vsharmonic

7 4.0

Has a pleasant, musical sound

concerns combined tones and overall agreement rather than single melody lines

C

consonant

vsharmonic

3 6.0

A thing that is in agreement with another idea or fits its ideas

applies specifically to combined musical tones rather than general agreement

H

harmonious

vsharmonic

2 4.2

Sounds that blend in a pleasant way

focuses more on the idea of combined tones forming a pleasing whole

E

euphonious

vsharmonic

1 8.3

A pleasant, smooth sound like music or speech that is nice to listen to

stresses the aspect of tones working together as a unified whole

S

symphonious

vsharmonic

1 8.1

Sounds that match and are pleasant, like music or voices

emphasizes the trait of combined tones forming a consistent whole

H

harmonical

vsharmonic

• Archaic

8.1

Having a pleasing mix of musical notes or sounds

is the more common modern adjective for the same harmony quality

E

euphonical

vsharmonic

9.7

Has a pleasant, smooth sound that is easy to listen to

places more weight on combined tones making a consistent musical whole

E

euphonic

vsharmonic

8.0

Having a smooth, pleasant sound

narrows that pleasantness to the specific quality of musical unity

E

euphonous

vsharmonic

8.9

Sounds pleasant and smooth to hear

focuses on harmony as a structural musical quality rather than general agreeableness

Compounds

H

harmonic motion

• Specialized

1 6.3

A movement that goes back and forth around a middle point, like a pendulum

H

harmonic mean

• Specialized

1 7.5

An average for rates found by dividing the number of values by the sum of 1 divided by each value

F

first harmonic

• Specialized

6.7

The basic tone of a musical note that gives its pitch

H

harmonic progression

• Specialized

9.3

A sequence of numbers where 1 divided by each number increases by the same amount

H

harmonic analysis

• Specialized

8.4

To break a repeating sound or signal into simple waves like sine and cosine

H

harmonic law

• Specialized

9.9

A rule that relates a planet's orbit time to its distance from the sun

S

simple harmonic motion

• Specialized

6.3

A repeating back and forth movement where the pull back gets stronger the farther it moves from center

How Harmonious

euphonious

1 8.3

harmonious

7 4.3

harmonic

3 5.5

discordant

9 7.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology