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US
/ˈhɑɹməni/
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[ UK /hˈɑːməni/ ]
[ UK /hˈɑːməni/ ]
NOUN
- compatibility in opinion and action
- the structure of music with respect to the composition and progression of chords
- an agreeable sound property
- a harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole
- agreement of opinions
How To Use harmony In A Sentence
- By the time harmony was a few centuries old, it began to shiver and shake from them.
- 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).
- Melancholic melody, harmony, subtle dissonance, throat vibrato and asymmetric rhythms make up their choral, ‘a cappella’ style.
- From barbershop quartets to gospel close-harmony groups to doo-wop to the kooky a cappella experiments, vocals-only pop music has a long history.
- A similar attempt at reconciling Absolute Idealism and monadism had been made by Lotze, and in both cases it remains an open question whether this is not pre-established harmony in disguise. Francis Herbert Bradley
- Rounds are no longer written in modern musical styles, and remain untouched by developments in chromatic harmony, atonality, jazz idioms, serial structures and folk modes.
- ‘The composer's operetta appeals to a less discriminating taste for melody, harmony and rhythm,’ he said.
- In Mr. Barthel's homeland, nudism had taken root among young people as an expression of physical fitness and harmony with nature. Wearing Only a Smile, Nudists Seek Out the Young and the Naked
- It has planned a programme of district level meetings to mobilise public opinion in favour of democracy, communal harmony and peace.
- But concord and harmony were the professed and accepted norm for the conduct of relations.