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Meaning of "harmolodic" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HARMOLODIC

harmolodic  [ˌhɑːməˈlɒdɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HARMOLODIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Harmolodic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HARMOLODIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Harmolodics

Harmolodics is the musical philosophy and compositional/improvisational method of jazz saxophonist Ornette Coleman. It is therefore associated primarily with the jazz avant-garde and the free jazz movement, although its implications extend beyond these limits. Coleman has also used the name "Harmolodic" for both his first website and his record label.

Definition of harmolodic in the English dictionary

The definition of harmolodic in the dictionary is of or relating to the technique of each musician in a group simultaneously improvising around the melodic and rhythmic patterns in a tune, rather than one musician improvising on its underlying harmonic pattern while the others play an accompaniment.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HARMOLODIC


anodic
əˈnɒdɪk
antispasmodic
ˌæntɪspæzˈmɒdɪk
aperiodic
ˌeɪpɪərɪˈɒdɪk
cathodic
kæˈθɒdɪk
episodic
ˌɛpɪˈsɒdɪk
ergodic
ɜːˈɡɒdɪk
iodic
aɪˈɒdɪk
melodic
mɪˈlɒdɪk
methodic
mɪˈθɒdɪk
parodic
pəˈrɒdɪk
periodic
ˌpɪərɪˈɒdɪk
petalodic
ˌpetəˈlɒdɪk
photoperiodic
ˌfəʊtəʊˌpɪərɪˈɒdɪk
prosodic
prəˈsɒdɪk
quasiperiodic
ˌkweɪzaɪˌpɪərɪˈɒdɪk
rhapsodic
ræpˈsɒdɪk
Roddick
ˈrɒdɪk
sarcodic
sɑːˈkɒdɪk
spasmodic
spæzˈmɒdɪk
synodic
sɪˈnɒdɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HARMOLODIC

harmlessness
harmolodics
harmonic
harmonic analysis
harmonic distortion
harmonic mean
harmonic minor scale
harmonic motion
harmonic progression
harmonic series
harmonica
harmonical
harmonically
harmonichord
harmonicist
harmonicon
harmonics
harmonies
harmonious
harmoniously

WORDS THAT END LIKE HARMOLODIC

antiperiodic
cephalopodic
eisteddfodic
epodic
exodic
geodic
heptapodic
Hesiodic
hexapodic
monodic
Nimrodic
octapodic
odic
pentapodic
psalmodic
rhodic
sodic
tetrapodic
thermoperiodic
threnodic

Synonyms and antonyms of harmolodic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «harmolodic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HARMOLODIC

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The translations of harmolodic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «harmolodic» in English.

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harmolodic
1,325 millions of speakers

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Harmolodic
570 millions of speakers

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harmolodic
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harmolodic
380 millions of speakers
ar

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harmolodic
280 millions of speakers

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harmolodic
278 millions of speakers

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Harmolodic
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harmolodic
260 millions of speakers

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harmolodic
220 millions of speakers

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Harmonik
190 millions of speakers

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harmolodic
180 millions of speakers

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harmolodic
130 millions of speakers

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harmolodic
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Harmolodic
85 millions of speakers
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harmolodic
80 millions of speakers

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harmolodic
75 millions of speakers

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हेंरोलोडिक
75 millions of speakers

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harmolodic
70 millions of speakers

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Harmolodic
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harmolodic
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harmolodic
40 millions of speakers

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harmolodic
30 millions of speakers
el

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harmolodic
15 millions of speakers
af

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harmolodic
14 millions of speakers
sv

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harmolodic
10 millions of speakers
no

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harmolodic
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HARMOLODIC»

The term «harmolodic» is used very little and occupies the 184.846 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HARMOLODIC» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about harmolodic

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HARMOLODIC»

Discover the use of harmolodic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to harmolodic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Ornette Coleman: A Harmolodic Life
This book, by noted jazz scholar and critic John Litweiler, is the first full-length biography of the jazz legend.
John Litweiler, 1994
2
Better Get It in Your Soul: What Liturgists Can Learn from Jazz
Just as the Harmolodic improvisers are completely attuned to the chart and the other musicians around them, so must the liturgical planners be in an ever- constant awareness of the Spirit breathing through each one of them in a different way.
Reid Hamilton, Stephen Rush, 2008
3
Jazz Mavericks of the Lone Star State
9. ORNETTE. COLEMAN'S. HARMOLODIC. LIFE. “T. exas Jazz—Myth or Reality ?” was the title of an August 1993 symposium held in Houston, dur- ing which the Houston Chronicle's Rick Mitchell observed that a Texan is listed on almost ...
Dave Oliphant, 2009
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Billboard
Performed by his longstanding ensemble, Prime Time, it's also the kickoff release of his new Harmolodic label. " 'Tone Dialing' is a different kind of dialing experience," says Coleman's manager, producer, drummer, and son, Denardo. " One we ...
5
Black Chant: Languages of African-American Postmodernism
When Ornette Coleman sought a poet with whom to record one of his " harmolodic" compositions, he chose one of the most active of the Umbra group, David Henderson. The title piece of the collection Science Fiction might have served as a ...
Aldon Lynn Nielsen, 1997
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Jazz Makers: Vanguards of Sound
I and Z. Blue Note 84224 and 84225. New York Is Now. Blue Note 84287. Skies of America. Columbia KC 31562. [Large-scale orchestral project from 1972.] Body Meta. Verve/Harmolodic 531 916. [Rock-influenced music from 1975, the year ...
Alyn Shipton, 2002
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The Cambridge Companion to Jazz
On the other hand, my quasidefinition cannot explain any particular musical result or why there was a need for harmolodic theory. Coleman musthave hadan intuitive cultural motive for dreaming upawordlike'harmolodic' and makingit stick by ...
Mervyn Cooke, David Horn, 2003
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The New Rolling Stone Album Guide
... Colors (Harmolodic/Verve, 1997) Most jazz greats sweep you along with them. Ornette Coleman sits himself down, defiantly, in your path, and demands you reckon with him. In almost 45 years' worth of recording, his music has ranged from ...
Nathan Brackett, Christian David Hoard, 2004
9
Israel's Poetry of Resistance: Africana Perspectives on ...
Coleman's “The Harmolodic Manifesto” (n.d.) is available online, at Coleman's oflicial Web site, http://www.ornettecoleman.com/course.swf On Ulmer's and Reid's adoption of Coleman's philosophy and musical collaboration, see Geoffrey  ...
Hugh Page, 2013
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The Jazz Image: Seeing Music Through Herman Leonard's ...
Second, ac- cording to coleman's website, harmolodic music should also appeal to a combination of the senses of sight, sound, taste, touch, and smell. third, says coleman, it is a philosophy of music, words, colors, shapes, and dimensions, ...
K. Heather Pinson, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HARMOLODIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term harmolodic is used in the context of the following news items.
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Review: James Blood Ulmer at Café Oto
Electric guitarist James Blood Ulmer paid a rare visit to Britain for a solo show at London's Café Oto on Wednesday 8 July. The strutting pomp of his harmolodic ... «Jazz Journal, Jul 15»
2
A Film Tribute to Ornette Coleman, Jazzman of the Bowery and LES
As documented in John Litweiler's Ornette Coleman: A Harmolodic Life, it was also a crash pad for fellow musicians like his sister Truvenza ... «Bedford + Bowery, Jul 15»
3
Remembering Ornette Coleman at Riverside Church
... of it helped me understand that fathers and sons can free themselves of hierarchy and convention — they can function as a harmolodic team. «BLOUIN ARTINFO, Jun 15»
4
Ornette Coleman, who died at age 85, had a long career in jazz
He kept going, inviting controversy for his creative choices well into the 1970s, when his harmolodic funk band Prime Time forged sounds that ... «The Denver Post, Jun 15»
5
The Puzzle Ornette Coleman Left Us
I play harmolodically, and you are a naturally harmolodic player.” I've always understood what Coleman was doing, and Coleman was the one ... «Blouinartinfo UK, Jun 15»
6
Playing With Ornette
These theories have been called “harmolodic”—a publicist's term generated to suggest a complex system of logic—but they're actually just a ... «Deadspin, Jun 15»
7
Charnett Moffett: Forty years the bassman
His harmolodic concept, which has now evolved into something that truly is global, allowed us to use our instruments in a way that really is like ... «Herald Scotland, Jun 15»
8
Fresh Air Remembers Jazz Innovator Ornette Coleman
The occasion was the release of the CD "Tone Dialing" on their label Harmolodic named after what Ornette Coleman calls his harmolodic ... «Alabama Public Radio, Jun 15»
9
Seeing Ornette Coleman
... turned funk into Coleman's own harmolodic fantasy. On extraordinary recordings such as “Body Meta” and “Dancing in Your Head,” Coleman ... «The New Yorker, Jun 15»
10
Ornette Coleman, jazz revolutionary - obituary
Grove's Dictionary of Jazz concludes that “the theoretical underpinnings of harmolodic theory are extremely suspect”. Coleman was famously ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»

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