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er of vibrations which is a multiple of the number producing some other; an overtone. See Harmonics.

Concordant; musical; consonant; as, harmonic sounds. Harmonic twang! of leather, horn, and brass. Pope.

A musical instrument, consisting of a series of hemispherical glasses which, by touching the edges with the dampened finger, give forth the tones.

In an harmonical manner; harmoniously.

A small, flat, wind instrument of music, in which the notes are produced by the vibration of free metallic reeds.

The doctrine or science of musical sounds.

Not harmonic. The anharmonic function or ratio of four points abcd on a straight line is the quantity (ac/ad):(bc/bd), where the segments are to regarded as plus or minus, according to the order of the letters.

Of or pertaining to that one of the three kinds of musical scale (diatonic, chromatic, enharmonic) recognized by the ancient Greeks, which consisted of quarter tones and major thirds, and was regarded as the most accurate.

In the enharmonic style or system; in just intonation.

Producing mathematically perfect harmony or concord; sweetly or perfectly harmonious.

Not harmonic; inharmonious; discordant; dissonant.

Loving harmony or music.

Of or pertaining to telharmonium.

for holding cups, bottles, or the like; a kind of cupboard, buffet, or sideboard. Abacus harmonicus (Mus.), an ancient diagram showing the structure and disposition of the keys of an instrument. Crabb.

ll, used by the Swiss to sound the ranz des vaches and other melodies. Its notes are open harmonics of the tube.

ants the ariose beauty of Handel; vocal melody is not his forte; the interest of his airs harmonic. Foreign Quart. Rev.

obtained from another by inversion; or, vice versa, a ground tone or root implied in its harmonics in an actual chord.

ute, and is said to have superseded the old recorder. Flageolet tones (Mus.), the naturel harmonics or overtones of stringed instruments.

An instrument for measuring the harmonic relations of sounds. It is often a monochord furnished with movable bridges.

See Harmonic suture, under Harmonic. Close harmony, Dispersed harmony, etc. See under Close, Dispersed, etc. -- Harmony of the spheres. See Music of the spheres, under Music.