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Meaning of "harmolodics" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD HARMOLODICS

Of unknown origin.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF HARMOLODICS

ˌhɑːməˈlɒdɪks


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HARMOLODICS

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Harmolodics is a noun.
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WHAT DOES HARMOLODICS 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 harmolodics in the English dictionary

The definition of harmolodics in the dictionary is 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 HARMOLODICS

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HARMOLODICS

harmolodic · 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 · harmoniousness

WORDS THAT END LIKE HARMOLODICS

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Synonyms and antonyms of harmolodics in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «harmolodics» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HARMOLODICS

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Harmonik
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harmolodics
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हेंरोलॉडीक्स
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HARMOLODICS»

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The Imperfect Art: Reflections on Jazz and Modern Culture
Coleman called this theoretical approach to his music "harmolodics." While the exact nature of harmolodics is by no means easy to convey or even understand— Ornette's writings on the subject being almost impenetrable— the psychological ...
Ted Gioia, 1988
2
Better Get It in Your Soul: What Liturgists Can Learn from Jazz
Stephen: Harmolodics demands that the musicians are engaged and committed, that they be perfect masters of the chart. Theme-based liturgical planning and celebration (and the conduct of the resultant service) is no different. In order to plan ...
Reid Hamilton, Stephen Rush, 2008
3
Charlie Haden, Scott LaFaro, and Harmolodics: Bass Styles in ...
This paper explores Ornette Coleman's musical and philosophical concept of Harmolodics, its relationship to the bass styles of both Charlie Haden and Scott LaFaro, and its application during the Free Jazz recording session.
Anthony Shadduck, 2006
4
New Musical Figurations: Anthony Braxton's Cultural Critique
His theoretical formulations of harmonic unison and harmolodics, for example, appear to stem from Boulez's concept of aleatory, and his application of concert musical elements to jazz grew out of early studies with Gunther Schuller, together  ...
Ronald M. Radano, 2009
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The Jazz Image: Seeing Music Through Herman Leonard's ...
This democratic, almost utopian, method of performing is also transferred into coleman's metaphysical quest, which he would later call the theory of harmolodics. What is harmolodics? Harmolodics is the use of the physical and mental of one's ...
K. Heather Pinson, 2010
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Honesty Is Explosive!: Selected Music Journalism
Harmolodics has been called 'incomprehensible' and 'phony'. Nevertheless, for any listener with open ears, harmolodics is an unmistakable entity. It's obvious when Ornette's sidemen abandon it for something closer to convention (think of ...
Ben Watson, W. C. Bamberger, 2010
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Miles, Ornette, Cecil: Jazz Beyond Jazz
He tried once more: “in Prime time the melody can be the bass line, the modulation line, the melody, or the second and third part. that's how i see harmolodics. that you can take any melody and use it as a bass line. Or as a second part, or as a ...
Howard Mandel, 2010
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Free Jazz and Free Improvisation: An Encyclopedia
Borrowing a page from George Russell's Lydian Concept, harmolodics permits the performers to shift the music's tonal center up and down the scale at will, using a sliding-clef principle. Coleman spent several years honing the concepts of ...
Todd S. Jenkins, 2004
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Let Freedom Swing: Collected Writings on Jazz, Blues, and Gospel
Although artists famous and obscure have spoken of Coleman's efforts to instruct them in the self-styled musical language he long ago termed “harmolodics,” Coleman himself recalls a recent encounter that sums up his approach to getting  ...
Howard Reich, 2010
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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

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HARMOLODICS»

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Ornette Coleman Soars Again in Shirley Clarke's (Inter)Stellar Doc …
Later in the film, Ornette explains his theory of Harmolodics, a system that he applied to music and life. "You can't see outside yourself, but we ... «Village Voice, Jul 15»
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Listening with Ornette
Derrida clearly seemed interested in Coleman's dictum of "harmolodics" which decenters the specificity of tone. Decentering tone, however ... «Socialist Worker Online, Jul 15»
3
A Film Tribute to Ornette Coleman, Jazzman of the Bowery and LES
Though Made in America doesn't delve too deeply into Ornette's musical philosophy and his theory of “harmolodics,” it does make clear that he ... «Bedford + Bowery, Jul 15»
4
Remembering Ornette Coleman and Chris Squire
He called his groups' improvising techniques "harmolodics" — dispensing with traditional chord progressions and pitting melodies against one ... «Asbury Park Press, Jul 15»
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Enter Bardo Pond's musical time machine
Bardo Pond's brand of harmolodics bubbles up from lengthy, deliberate sound explorations that ebb and flow around the tension between the ... «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Jul 15»
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Review: Grateful Dead pay slack tribute to legacy
Garcia was a longtime fan and occasional collaborator with the late jazz saxophonist Ornette Coleman, whose theory of harmolodics was ... «Chicago Tribune, Jul 15»
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Se fue un pionero del free jazz
... una embrionaria versión de su legendario invento: los harmolodics. Pero la idea de una música en la que el ritmo, la melodía y la armonía ... «Clarín.com, Jun 15»
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Ornette Coleman and a Joyful Funeral
He used to talk about the “grammar” of his particular music, freed from a tonal center. He gave his theory of things the name “harmolodics”—a ... «The New Yorker, Jun 15»
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Shenandoah Valley Wine and Jazz Festival
Live music entertainment includes members of S.P.L.A.A.A.T. and The Harmolodics. The headliner this year is Future Prospect from Richmond. «Staunton News Leader, Jun 15»
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Ornette Coleman, free jazz pioneer who stuck to his principles
When he began to promote his theory of music, which he called "harmolodics", it probably didn't help that he never explained it the same way ... «South China Morning Post, Jun 15»
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