harmonic

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The lyrics are happy, but the chords never resolve to the harmonic centre, creating a feeling of instability.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

In the first etude, strings play on open strings, which creates a sense of harmonic healing by leaving nature well enough alone.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

With a richer, more bewildering harmonic vocabulary, Chopin revealed the full spectrum of the nocturne’s possibilities.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

Thanks to this design, the metasurface generates third harmonic light, meaning the outgoing light has three times the frequency of the incoming beam, while also steering that light in specific directions.

From Science Daily • Feb. 5, 2026

Figure 4.42: These harmonic series are for a brass instrument that has a 11C11 fundamental when no valves are being used — for example, a C trumpet.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones