Harmony vs. Integrity — What's the Difference?

Harmony, in music, is the process by which the composition of individual sounds, or superpositions of sounds, is analysed by hearing. Usually, this means simultaneously occurring frequencies, pitches (tones, notes), or chords.Harmony is a perceptual property of music, and along with melody, one of the building blocks of Western music.

Integrity is the practice of being honest and showing a consistent and uncompromising adherence to strong moral and ethical principles and values. In ethics, integrity is regarded as the honesty and truthfulness or accuracy of one's actions.

An orderly or pleasing combination of elements in a whole

Steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code

A relationship in which various components exist together without destroying one another

The state of being unimpaired; soundness

A relationship characterized by a lack of conflict or by agreement, as of opinion or interest

The quality or condition of being whole or undivided; completeness

The study of the structure, progression, and relation of chords.

Steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code.

Simultaneous combination of notes in a chord.

The state of being wholesome; unimpaired

The structure of a work or passage as considered from the point of view of its chordal characteristics and relationships.

The quality or condition of being complete; pure

A combination of sounds considered pleasing to the ear.

(cryptography) With regards to data encryption, ensuring that information is not altered by unauthorized persons in a way that is not detectable by authorized users.

A musical line that harmonically complements the melody

(aviation) The ability of systems to provide timely warnings to users when they should not be used for navigation.

A collation of parallel passages, especially from the Gospels, with a commentary demonstrating their consonance and explaining their discrepancies.

Trustworthiness; keeping your word.

Agreement or accord.

The state or quality of being entire or complete; wholeness; entireness; unbroken state; as, the integrity of an empire or territory.

A pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds.

Moral soundness; honesty; freedom from corrupting influence or motive; - used especially with reference to the fulfillment of contracts, the discharge of agencies, trusts, and the like; uprightness; rectitude.

(music) The academic study of chords.

Unimpaired, unadulterated, or genuine state; entire correspondence with an original condition; purity.

(music) Two or more notes played simultaneously to produce a chord.

An unreduced or unbroken completeness or totality

(music) The relationship between two distinct musical pitches (musical pitches being frequencies of vibration which produce audible sound) played simultaneously.

Moral soundness

A literary work which brings together or arranges systematically parallel passages of historians respecting the same events, and shows their agreement or consistency.

The just adaptation of parts to each other, in any system or combination of things, or in things intended to form a connected whole; such an agreement between the different parts of a design or composition as to produce unity of effect; as, the harmony of the universe.

Concord or agreement in facts, opinions, manners, interests, etc.; good correspondence; peace and friendship; as, good citizens live in harmony.

A literary work which brings together or arranges systematically parallel passages of historians respecting the same events, and shows their agreement or consistency; as, a harmony of the Gospels.

A succession of chords according to the rules of progression and modulation.

See Harmonic suture, under Harmonic.

Compatibility in opinion and action

The structure of music with respect to the composition and progression of chords

A harmonious state of things in general and of their properties (as of colors and sounds); congruity of parts with one another and with the whole

Agreement of opinions

An agreeable sound property