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four-part harmony

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[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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As the church’s music director, Sandy would arrange songs so that the Macks could sing four-part harmony.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 26, 2022

The apocalypse had come, but youths in all hues of literal and figurative rainbows were bravely persisting, in magical four-part harmony:

From New York Times • Apr. 15, 2017

It was a church where parishioners knew Scripture verse after Scripture verse, where the rafters filled with full-throated voices singing “Wonderful Grace of Jesus” in four-part harmony.

From Washington Post • Mar. 17, 2016

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

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

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