an ancient doctrine originating with the Greeks that implies that the universe and everything in it is in harmony
Music of the spheres
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Passing note
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a note that is not part of the prevailing harmony but which, as the harmony changes, arrives at another note consonant with t…
Barber-shop harmony
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a popular, banal style of close harmony singing, originally all male, begun in the US in the late nineteenth century
Close harmony
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a form of harmony where the harmonizing notes lie close to the melody
Quintal harmony
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harmony based on the interval of a fifth, rather than thirds
Tertian harmony
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harmony based upon the interval of the third, particularly predominant in Western music from the Baroque era through to the n…
Tertiary harmony
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harmony based upon the interval of the third, particularly predominant in Western music from the Baroque era through to the n…
Melody
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the horizontal dimension in music, where the vertical dimension arises from the harmony
Magadis
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harp with 20 strings in ancient Greece