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US
/hɑɹˈmɑnɪk/
]
[ UK /hɑːmˈɒnɪk/ ]
[ UK /hɑːmˈɒnɪk/ ]
NOUN
- any of a series of musical tones whose frequencies are integral multiples of the frequency of a fundamental
- a tone that is a component of a complex sound
ADJECTIVE
- involving or characterized by harmony
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relating to vibrations that occur as a result of vibrations in a nearby body
sympathetic vibration -
of or relating to the branch of acoustics that studies the composition of musical sounds
the sound of the resonating cavity cannot be the only determinant of the harmonic response -
of or relating to harmony as distinct from melody and rhythm
subtleties of harmonic change and tonality - of or relating to harmonics
How To Use harmonic In A Sentence
- I play the piano, so it is natural for me to think ‘harmonically’ a lot of the time (one can hear harmonies instantly on a piano; also mainstream jazz is extremely harmony driven).
- She played the tambourine, the xylophone, and the harmonica, all to our swooning hearts' delight.
- He has here at home a harpsichord, forte-piano, harmonica, guitar, violin, and German flutes, and at Williamsburg, he has a good pipe organ. Colonial Children
- It was built on the track of an elephant trail and it was so rough that it rattled our bones and sent the radio antenna into a series of harmonic wobbles.
- Making music: A percussion and music workshop for children takes place at Liverpool's Philharmonic Hall tomorrow at 11.15am.
- He has also worked with symphonies and chamber groups from the Brooklyn Philharmonic to Zurich's Ensemble Fur Neue Musik.
- The band has a strong emphasis on vocals and harmony with guitarists, concertina, keyboard, accordion and harmonica backing.
- The wave equation having general forms of planar simple harmonic wave is deduced in this article. It is simple and accurate to solve wave equation by using this formula.
- Output 46 provides a signal with an adjusted resonant frequency, minus the inharmonic tones.
- The orchestra is governed by the musicians themselves, most of whom remain with the Philharmonic for a lifetime, closely protecting its artistic integrity.