Definition of harmony

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Harmony (n.) 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..

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Concord :: Concord (n.) An agreeable combination of tones simultaneously heard; a consonant chord; consonance; harmony.
Air :: Air (n.) In harmonized chorals, psalmody, part songs, etc., the part which bears the tune or melody -- in modern harmony usually the upper part -- is sometimes called the air..
Accord :: Accord (v. t.) Harmony of sounds; agreement in pitch and tone; concord; as, the accord of tones..
Concentual :: Concentual (a.) Possessing harmony; accordant.
Harmony :: Harmony (n.) A succession of chords according to the rules of progression and modulation.
Compatible :: Compatible (a.) Capable of existing in harmony; congruous; suitable; not repugnant; -- usually followed by with.
Discordant :: Discordant (n.) Dissonant; not in harmony or musical concord; harsh; jarring; as, discordant notes or sounds..
Disagree :: Disagree (v. i.) To fail to accord; not to agree; to lack harmony; to differ; to be unlike; to be at variance.
Square :: Square (n.) Fig.: The relation of harmony, or exact agreement; equality; level..
Accompaniment :: Accompaniment (n.) A part performed by instruments, accompanying another part or parts performed by voices; the subordinate part, or parts, accompanying the voice or a principal instrument; also, the harmony of a figured bass..
Agreeableness :: Agreeableness (n.) Resemblance; concordance; harmony; -- with to or between.
Compose :: Compose (v. t.) To construct by mental labor; to design and execute, or put together, in a manner involving the adaptation of forms of expression to ideas, or to the laws of harmony or proportion; as, to compose a sentence, a sermon, a symphony, or a picture..
Chime :: Chime (v. i.) To cause to sound in harmony; to play a tune, as upon a set of bells; to move or strike in harmony..
Harmony :: Harmony (n.) 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..
Harmonize :: Harmonize (v. t.) To accompany with harmony; to provide with parts, as an air, or melody..
Reconciliation :: Reconciliation (n.) The act of reconciling, or the state of being reconciled; reconcilenment; restoration to harmony; renewal of friendship..
Homophony :: Homophony (n.) Plain harmony, as opposed to polyphony. See Homophonous..
Invert :: Invert (v. t.) To change the position of; -- said of tones which form a chord, or parts which compose harmony..
Harmonite :: Harmonite (n.) One of a religious sect, founded in Wurtemburg in the last century, composed of followers of George Rapp, a weaver. They had all their property in common. In 1803, a portion of this sect settled in Pennsylvania and called the village thus established, Harmony..
Homophonous :: Homophonous (a.) Now used for plain harmony, note against note, as opposed to polyphonic harmony, in which the several parts move independently, each with its own melody..
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