harmonic
Concerning musical intervals
Harmonic describes sounds, motions, or relationships characterized by pleasing proportion or agreement.
In music, harmonics are overtones—the higher frequencies that sound alongside a fundamental note, giving instruments their distinctive timbre.
A harmonic progression moves through chords in a way that sounds coherent.
In physics and mathematics, harmonic describes regular oscillation: harmonic motion, harmonic series.
The word suggests elements working together in natural balance.
Subsidiary meaning or harmonic
- partialFavoring one side
- fundamentalForming the base
- resonanceAmplified oscillation at natural frequency
- timbreSound's distinctive character
tone · pitch · frequency · vibrato · consonance · dissonance · chord · interval
Subsidiary meaning or harmonic
- partialFavoring one side
- fundamentalForming the base
- frequencyRate of recurrence
- resonanceAmplified oscillation at natural frequency
pitch · timbre · spectrum · waveform · standing wave · node · antinode · tube
Cyclic signal generator
- frequencyRate of recurrence
- waveformGraphed oscillation pattern
- resonanceAmplified oscillation at natural frequency
- vibrationRapid oscillating movement
mode · node · antinode · standing wave · damping · coupling · pendulum · spring
Ordered set of related items
- sequenceOrdered succession of elements
- meanAverage, or spiteful
- functionPurpose or duty
- analysisMethodical study of parts
progression · motion · oscillation · conjugate · sine · cosine · periodic · convergence
Steadiness or amount owed
- proportionComparative relation of parts
- unityWholeness through cohesion
- pleasingCausing enjoyment or satisfaction
- consonantIn agreement with
concordant · melodious · tuneful · euphonious · blending · complementary · graceful · coherent
overtone
Subsidiary meaning or harmonic
- partialFavoring one side
- fundamentalForming the base
- resonanceAmplified oscillation at natural frequency
timbre · tone · pitch · frequency · vibrato · consonance · dissonance · chord · interval · octave
overtone
Subsidiary meaning or harmonic
- partialFavoring one side
- fundamentalForming the base
- frequencyRate of recurrence
resonance · pitch · timbre · spectrum · waveform · standing wave · node · antinode · tube · string
oscillator
Cyclic signal generator
- frequencyRate of recurrence
- waveformGraphed oscillation pattern
- resonanceAmplified oscillation at natural frequency
vibration · mode · node · antinode · standing wave · damping · coupling · pendulum · spring · period
series
Ordered set of related items
analysis · progression · motion · oscillation · conjugate · sine · cosine · periodic · convergence · summation
balance
Steadiness or amount owed
- proportionComparative relation of parts
- unityWholeness through cohesion
- pleasingCausing enjoyment or satisfaction
consonant · concordant · melodious · tuneful · euphonious · blending · complementary · graceful · coherent · unified
- soundsound, sound waves, echoes, acoustics, vibrations
- electronicscomputer, resistors, capacitors, TVs, TV
- music wordsacoustic, melodic, rhythmic, bass, treble
- sequencessequence, arithmetic, series, geometric, progressions
- sound qualitiesloudness, pitch, tone, faintness, clarity
- waveswave crest, shock wave, wave front, blast wave, seismic wave
harmonicdiscordant
Lacking musical agreement
dissonant · inharmonic · disharmonic · cacophonous · atonal
harmonicdiscordant
Lacking musical agreement
incongruous · incompatible · disharmonious · inharmonious · conflicting
harmonicinharmonic
Not musically consonant
chaotic · irregular · nonperiodic · random · stochastic
- in harmonyIn agreement together
- vocal harmonySimultaneous pitched voices blending
- close harmonyTightly spaced vocal parts
- racial harmonyPeaceful multiethnic coexistence
- four-part harmonyMusic for four voices
- harmony with natureAlignment with natural world
harmony, harmonious, harmonize, harmonica, disharmony, harmonic function, harmonization, harmonizing, harmonized