Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

three-part harmony

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.09 in modern English

Syllables: three---part har-mo-ny
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

6

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

n

harmony in which each chord has three notes that create three melodic lines.

Example Sentences

"Preserving harmonic integrity presents its own significant problems, if only because four-part harmony, compared with three-part harmony, is structurally quite different (some would say organically different)."

Questions

What does three-part harmony mean?: harmony in which each chord has three notes that create three melodic lines.

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