harmonic
adjective uk/hɑːˈmɒn.ɪk/ us/hɑːrˈmɑː.nɪk/
（音乐）和声的
relating to harmony (= a pleasant musical sound made by different notes being played or sung at the same time)
Jazz pioneer Ornette Coleman was a harmonic and melodic innovator.
harmonic complexity 和声的复杂性
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- The composer restricts himself to a fairly narrow harmonic and rhythmic palette.
- Jazz instrumentalists are known for their feats of melodic and harmonic invention and technical virtuosity.
- Dissonant harmonic clashes heighten the expressive power of the piece.
- The ancient Greeks realized that the harmonic intervals of their musical system reflected fundamental mathematical proportions.
harmonic
noun [ C ] uk/hɑːˈmɒn.ɪk/ us/hɑːrˈmɑː.nɪk/
music specialized（音乐的）泛音
a special note that sounds when a musical note is played that is different from the main note
The overtones and harmonics create a very rich sound.
As with any guitar string, there is the fundamental and the harmonics.
Compare: fundamentalovertone
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- These harmonics generate a sound somewhere between a roar and a musical chord.
- He had a way of playing harmonics on his guitar in which the sound had an ethereal quality.
- A complex sound has, in addition to the fundamental frequency, overtones or upper harmonics.
- In the first movement, the oscillations contain both fundamental tones and harmonics.