Definition of Harmony. Meaning of Harmony. Synonyms of Harmony

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Definition of Harmony

harmony
Thorough bass Thor"ough bass` (Mus.) The representation of chords by figures placed under the base; figured bass; basso continuo; -- sometimes used as synonymous with harmony.
Harmony
Harmony Har"mo*ny, n.; pl. Harmonies. [ F. harmonic, L. harmonia, Gr. ? joint, proportion, concord, fr. ? a fitting or joining. See Article. ] 1. The just adaptation of parts to each other, in any system or combination of things, or in things, or things intended to form a connected whole; such an agreement between the different parts of a design or composition as to produce unity of effect; as, the harmony of the universe. 2. Concord or agreement in facts, opinions, manners, interests, etc.; good correspondence; peace and friendship; as, good citizens live in harmony. 3. A literary work which brings together or arranges systematically parallel passages of historians respecting the same events, and shows their agreement or consistency; as, a harmony of the Gospels. 4. (Mus.) (a) A succession of chords according to the rules of progression and modulation. (b) The science which treats of their construction and progression. Ten thousand harps, that tuned Angelic harmonies. --Milton. 5. (Anat.) See Harmonic suture, under Harmonic. Close harmony, Dispersed harmony, etc. See under Close, Dispersed, etc. Harmony of the spheres. See Music of the spheres, under Music. Syn: Harmony, Melody. Usage: Harmony results from the concord of two or more strains or sounds which differ in pitch and quality. Melody denotes the pleasing alternation and variety of musical and measured sounds, as they succeed each other in a single verse or strain.

Meaning of Harmony from wikipedia

- In music, harmony is the concept of combining different sounds together in order to create new, distinct musical ideas. Theories of harmony s**** to describe...
- Fifth Harmony, often shortened to 5H, is an American girl group based in Miami, composed of Ally Brooke, Normani, Dinah Jane, Lauren Jauregui, and formerly...
- Harmony Korine (born January 4, 1973) is an American filmmaker, actor, photographer, artist, and author. His methods feature an erratic, loose and transgressive...
- The Harmony toolkit is a free software widget toolkit that aimed to be API compatible with the then non-GPL licensed Qt widget toolkit. The QPL license...
- Bone Thugs-n-Harmony (formerly known as B.O.N.E. Enterpri$e and also known as Bone Thugs) is an American hip hop group composed of rappers Bizzy Bone...
- In Harmony may refer to: A 2015 French film titled En équilibre, known in English as In Harmony In Harmony (music education project), a community development...
- harmonious or harmony in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Harmony, in music, is the use of simultaneous pitches (tones, notes), or chords. Harmony or harmonious...
- In phonology, vowel harmony is a phonological rule in which the vowels of a given domaintypically a phonological word – must share certain distinctive...
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