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- adjective Of or pertaining to
harmolodics .
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Examples
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I think the term "harmolodic" has morphed into something that applies to a lot more than music.
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But those 90-year-old techniques often morph suddenly into the dissonance and harmolodic improvisation of modern jazz.
Adrian Margaret Brune: A Tragic, Yet Uplifting, Symphony for Tulsa Adrian Margaret Brune 2011
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But those 90-year-old techniques often morph suddenly into the dissonance and harmolodic improvisation of modern jazz.
Adrian Margaret Brune: A Tragic, Yet Uplifting, Symphony for Tulsa Adrian Margaret Brune 2011
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In later years, Coleman developed a vocabulary to describe his concept of music, which he referred to as "harmolodic."
Matthew Kohut: Meltdown: The Year Jazz Threw Out the Rules 2009
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And the instrumentals veered toward the harmolodic zigzags of Ornette Coleman: setting out melodies at willful, shifty speeds, improvising over a vamp.
Bonnaroo: Two Well-Traveled Guitarists - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2007
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And the instrumentals veered toward the harmolodic zigzags of Ornette Coleman: setting out melodies at willful, shifty speeds, improvising over a vamp.
Bonnaroo: Two Well-Traveled Guitarists - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2007
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November 02, 2005 at 09:59 PM i saw an SNL repeat from the mid-late 70s/early 80s with Ornette's electric band. they were doing a funky harmolodic type of thing like "Dancing In Your Head". if anyone could find that, i'd be a happy man.
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Coleman's provocative "harmolodic" approach is wildly intimidating, because it requires a musician to completely adjust his or her approach to melody, harmony and rhythm.
News 2012
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Happily, it also retains the real-time interaction and harmolodic richness native to an older black popular music, one at the dawn of its second century.
News 2011
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Happily, it also retains the real-time interaction and harmolodic richness native to an older black popular music, one at the dawn of its second century.
News 2011
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