harmonic
adjective/hɑːˈmɒnɪk/
/hɑːrˈmɑːnɪk/
[usually before noun] (music)- relating to the way notes are played or sung together to make a pleasant sound
- the harmonic and rhythmic interest of the music
Oxford Collocations DictionaryHarmonic is used with these nouns:- progression
Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘relating to music, musical’): via Latin from Greek harmonikos, from harmonia ‘joining, concord’, from harmos ‘joint’.Definitions on the go
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