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negative harmony

Syllables: neg·a·tive har·mo·ny

negative harmony noun: undertone/subharmonic series?

Noun

negative harmony (plural negative harmonies)

  1. undertone/subharmonic series?
    • The notes on either side of this axis are now the reflective, mirrored notes from which we can form new, Negative harmonies.2019 October 7, “The Harmonic Upside Down - Negative Harmony”, in Opus Science Collective, archived from the original on 13 Jul 2024
    • Note: Working with negative harmonies leads us to use IVm6 chords instead of the classical dominants.2023 December 1, “Negative Harmony: We love the positive and the negative”, in Fluegel, Michael;, archived from the original on 01 Dec 2023

Forms of negative harmony

pluralnegative harmonies

Questions about negative harmony

What does negative harmony mean?
Negative harmony means undertone/subharmonic series?
What part of speech is negative harmony?
Negative harmony is a noun.
What is the plural of negative harmony?
The plural of negative harmony is negative harmonies.

Words near negative harmony in the dictionary

  1. negative gearing
  2. negative gearings
  3. negative growth
  4. negative hallucination
  5. negative harmonies
  6. negative harmony
  7. negative ice
  8. negative income tax
  9. negative income taxes
  10. negative indexing
  11. negative interest

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