Harmony vs. Melody

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.

Melody (from Greek μελῳδία, melōidía, "singing, chanting"), also tune, voice or line, is a linear succession of musical tones that the listener perceives as a single entity. In its most literal sense, a melody is a combination of pitch and rhythm, while more figuratively, the term can include successions of other musical elements such as tonal color.

An orderly or pleasing combination of elements in a whole

A pleasing succession or arrangement of sounds.

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

Musical quality

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

A rhythmically organized sequence of single tones so related to one another as to make up a particular phrase or idea.

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

Structure with respect to the arrangement of single notes in succession.

Simultaneous combination of notes in a chord.

The leading part or the air in a composition with accompaniment.

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

A poem suitable for setting to music or singing.

A combination of sounds considered pleasing to the ear.

A sequence of notes that makes up a musical phrase

A musical line that harmonically complements the melody

A sweet or agreeable succession of sounds.

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

A rhythmical succession of single tones, ranging for the most part within a given key, and so related together as to form a musical whole, having the unity of what is technically called a musical thought, at once pleasing to the ear and characteristic in expression.

Agreement or accord.

The air or tune of a musical piece.

A pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds.

a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence;

(music) The academic study of chords.

the perception of pleasant arrangements of musical notes

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

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

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