musical harmony
Notes blending pleasingly
Musical harmony is the combination of different musical notes sounded simultaneously to produce chords and chord progressions.
While melody is horizontal—notes in sequence—harmony is vertical, notes stacked together.
Harmony can be consonant (pleasing, stable) or dissonant (tense, unresolved).
The song's rich harmony gave it emotional depth.
The term extends to any pleasing arrangement of parts working together.
- chordNotes sounded simultaneously
- suspended chordChord with displaced third
- cadencesRhythmic flow patterns
- chord progressionSequence of tonal changes
- counterpointSimultaneous independent melodies
voicing · four-part harmony · triads · arrangement · note · dominant · scale · polyphony · transposition · tension · modulation · key change · tonic · barbershop · major · interval · perfect fifth · minor
musical harmonydissonance
Lack of harmony
discord · disharmony · cacophony · discordance · atonality
musical harmonymelody
Pleasing sequence of notes
monophony · rhythm · unison · single voice · melodic line