Harmonia

Quick meaning: Harmonia is a noun meaning (music) A harmonic mode in ancient Greek music, characterized by a particular set of chords and rhythmic patterns.

Meaning

(music) A harmonic mode in ancient Greek music, characterized by a particular set of chords and rhythmic patterns.

More Meanings

1. (philosophy) The soul regarded as a harmonious blend of the parts of the physical body.

Example Sentences

Socrates argued against the idea of the soul being a harmonia.

In 1935, Hamilton trained a chamber orchestra in Stuttgart to perform in the harmoniai.

That rhythm was somehow implicated in the identity of the harmoniai is suggested in Aristotle’s anecdote about the composer Philoxenus, who attempted to compose a dithyramb, The Mysians, in the Dorian harmonia, but was unable to do so.

In the case of Mixolydian harmonia, the framework chord is ¹⁄₁, ¹⁴⁄₁₁, ¹⁴⁄₁₀, and ²⁄₁.[…]while the various diatonic harmoniai are modes of each other, this is not true of the other two genera, which are uniquely derived from their corresponding diatonic forms.

Word Forms

• harmonias
• harmoniai

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include harmony, harmonicity, polyharmony, enharmonicism, inharmonicity, homophony.

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