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Definition of Inharmonic
1. Adjective. Lacking in harmony.
Similar to: Inharmonious, Unharmonious
Derivative terms: Discord, Discordance, Dissonance
Definition of Inharmonic
1. a. Not harmonic; inharmonious; discordant; dissonant.
Definition of Inharmonic
1. Adjective. Lacking harmony; discordant; dissonant ¹
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Definition of Inharmonic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Inharmonic
Literary usage of Inharmonic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Material Used in Musical Composition: A System of Harmony Designed by Percy Goetschius (1913)
"THE inharmonic (NON-HARMONIC) INTERVALS. 361. a. When 3, 4 or 5 tones are combined
in thirds, they mutually accord, and constitute a harmonic body which ..."
2. On the Sensations of Tone as a Physiological Basis for the Theory of Music by Hermann von Helmholtz (1912)
"The [inharmonic] upper partials of tuning-forks lie very high. In those which I
have examined, the first made from 5-8 to 6-6 as many vibrations in the same ..."
3. Researches in Experimental Phonetics: The Study of Speech Curves by Edward Wheeler Scripture (1906)
"When inharmonic sinusoids are present in a vibration, as illustrated by the ...
In this way the inharmonic of the single wave may be made a harmonic of the ..."
4. The Theory and Practice of Tone-relations: An Elementary Course of Harmony by Percy Goetschius (1917)
"*5) These four harmonic bodies would be rendered inharmonic by the addition ...
The tone which is foreign to the chord is called the inharmonic dissonance ..."
5. A Text-book on Harmony by George Coleman Gow (1892)
"ON THE inharmonic MATERIAL OF MUSIC. 46. Musicians in their search for the ...
The use of inharmonic material has almost exactly followed historically the ..."
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