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four-part harmony

American  
[fawr-pahrt, fohr-] / ˈfɔrˌpɑrt, ˈfoʊr- /

noun

  1. harmony in which each chord has four tones, creating, in sum, four melodic lines.


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Charles layers four-part harmony and swathes of effects onto an incantation of “The beat!” and her band kicks into a scorching, slow-motion groove.

From New York Times Nov. 12, 2021

They do all four verses a cappella, and they do this rousing chorus, in four-part harmony.

From The Guardian Aug. 30, 2015

He says he's assembled a mind-blowing team to record the vocals on a four-part harmony song called Queen.

From BBC Mar. 19, 2015

The string quartet has always been the four-part harmony ideal.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 17, 2014

Then the teammates belted out the chorus in four-part harmony.

From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein

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