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adjectiveinvolving or characterized by harmony
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adjectiverelating to vibrations that occur as a result of vibrations in a nearby body
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nounany of a series of musical tones whose frequencies are integral multiples of the frequency of a fundamental
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nouna tone that is a component of a complex sound
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"subtleties of harmonic change and tonality"of or relating to harmony as distinct from melody and rhythmOpposite:
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of or relating to harmonics
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"the sound of the resonating cavity cannot be the only determinant of the harmonic response"of or relating to the branch of acoustics that studies the composition of musical sounds
Definition that contains harmonic
- develop elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme
- fundamental the lowest tone of a harmonic series
- partial a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency
- unresolved characterized by musical dissonance; harmonically unresolved
- harmonic of or relating to harmonics
- polyphonic having two or more independent but harmonically related melodic parts sounding together
- contrapuntal having two or more independent but harmonically related melodic parts sounding together
- overtone a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency
- dissonant characterized by musical dissonance; harmonically unresolved
- nonharmonic not harmonic