harmonies

plural of harmony

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Recent Examples of harmonies All these songs rely on a strong backbeat more than harmonies or guitar solos, for example. John Lingan, Rolling Stone, 8 Nov. 2025 Much like the film lingers on the cold northern landscape, Obomsawin’s music is laced with portentous silences and unresolved harmonies. Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2025 There's a, there's a deal, a, a deal of, uh, syncopation and the harmonies are rather opaque. Deborah Unger, Scientific American, 5 Nov. 2025 From Elvis to Jerry Garcia, her harmonies carried decades of American music history. Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025 Both zeroed in on age-old scales and harmonies, extracted them from their usual contexts, and transformed them into objects of contemplation. Alex Ross, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025 One of Puth’s greatest talents is constructing songs that sound simple but are powered by dynamic chord switches and deceptively complicated harmonies. Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025 The melody is crooning and desperate, and their harmonies intertwine in a way that is supposed to mirror their bodies. Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025 The harmonies delicately dancing with one another. Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 15 Oct. 2025

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