harmonically
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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His music proved so harmonically sophisticated and eclectic that it took audiences and critics some years to fully appreciate the genius of his gifts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026
Rhythmically mesmerizing and harmonically alluring, Minimalism proved the most persuasive new musical method of the late 20th century.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 6, 2025
U2 frontman Bono wrote: "Where he is this evening... the music will be a little more melodic, a little more interesting harmonically and certainly more rhythmic... and yes, louder."
From BBC • Nov. 5, 2024
It’s an ever-evolving succession of thick, harmonically ambiguous synthesizer chords, coalescing into a rhythm and pushing it aside, accelerating and falling apart and reconverging.
From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2023
Western music is very melodically and harmonically oriented, with a continuous rhythmic pulse.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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