harmony
part of speech
noun (harmony — uncountable; a harmony, harmonies)
meaning for a pupil
1) Harmony is when people or things live, work or fit together peacefully and agree («live in harmony»). tree →
2) In music, harmony is when different notes are played or sung together and sound pleasant. tree →
3) A harmony is a second tune sung with the main one to make it sound richer. tree →
sense in the lessons
Interpretation: In the Sefer Yetzirah commentary, harmony is linked to the Greek thinkers' idea of number and to the place-value principle, in which things fit together in an ordered way. In the primary lessons: In music lessons, children sing rounds and harmonies, and chords are an example of harmony. In lessons about community and religion, «living in harmony» means getting along despite differences. In nature lessons, ecosystems are in harmony when plants and animals are in balance.
examples
- Did their "harmony" mean the principle of position?' (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
- In my opinion there is no doubt that this Mishnah belongs to tlie original Sefer Yetzirah, for it is in perfect harmony with all the original material. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
- This is in per- fect harmony with the Pythagorean formula that all numbers originated from two elements, the limited (the one, 1,) and the unlimited (the Zero, 0). (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) tree →
- The choir sang in perfect harmony. tree →
- Our class lives in harmony most days. tree →
- She sang the harmony while I sang the tune. tree →
- The colours of the painting are in harmony. tree →
- People of different faiths live in harmony in our town. tree →
- Cats and dogs can live in harmony. tree →
- The band added a lovely harmony to the chorus. tree →
- The first thing necessary in an army is harmony. tree →
note
Mostly uncountable for peace and agreement; countable (harmonies) for musical parts. Adjective: harmonious. Opposite: discord, disagreement.
In the corpora
- Multitrack recording puts each part on its own track, so one singer can record many layers of harmony.
- Harmony means singing different notes at the same time that sound good together.
- So Turkish gün (day) becomes günler and kız (girl) becomes kızlar; this matching of vowels is called vowel harmony.
Trees and pragmatics
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