a bellows so as to cause the vibration of free metallic reeds. It is now made with one or two keyboards,
and has pedals and stops.
Harmonization
(Har`mo*ni*za"tion) n. The act of harmonizing.
Harmonize
(Har"mo*nize) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Harmonized (- nizd); p. pr. & vb. n. Harmonizing (-
ni"zing).] [Cf. F. harmoniser. ]
1. To agree in action, adaptation, or effect on the mind; to agree in sense or purport; as, the parts of a
mechanism harmonize.
2. To be in peace and friendship, as individuals, families, or public organizations.
3. To agree in vocal or musical effect; to form a concord; as, the tones harmonize perfectly.
Harmonize
(Har"mo*nize), v. t.
1. To adjust in fit proportions; to cause to agree; to show the agreement of; to reconcile the apparent
contradiction of.
2. (Mus.) To accompany with harmony; to provide with parts, as an air, or melody.
Harmonizer
(Har"mo*ni`zer) n. One who harmonizes.
Harmonometer
(Har`mo*nom"e*ter) n. [Gr. "armoni`a harmony + meter: cf. F. harmonomètre.] An
instrument for measuring the harmonic relations of sounds. It is often a monochord furnished with movable
bridges.
Harmony
(Har"mo*ny) n.; pl. Harmonies (- niz). [ F. harmonie, L. harmonia, Gr. "armoni`a joint,
proportion, concord, fr. "armo`s a fitting or joining. See Article.]
1. 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.
2. Concord or agreement in facts, opinions, manners, interests, etc.; good correspondence; peace and
friendship; as, good citizens live in harmony.
3. 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.
4. (Mus.) (a) A succession of chords according to the rules of progression and modulation. (b) The
science which treats of their construction and progression.
Ten thousand harps, that tuned
Angelic harmonies.
Milton. 5. (Anat.) See Harmonic suture, under Harmonic.
Close harmony, Dispersed harmony, etc. See under Close, Dispersed, etc. — Harmony of the
spheres. See Music of the spheres, under Music.
Syn. — Harmony, Melody. Harmony results from the concord of two or more strains or sounds which
differ in pitch and quality. Melody denotes the pleasing alternation and variety of musical and measured
sounds, as they succeed each other in a single verse or strain.
