harmonic

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But while the moody harmonic progression and title might suggest an ode, nothing in Mr. Picton’s songs is ever easy, or obvious.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Thanks to this design, the metasurface generates third harmonic light, meaning the outgoing light has three times the frequency of the incoming beam, while also steering that light in specific directions.

From Science Daily • Feb. 5, 2026

Summed up by Pavlovic as "jangly guitars and chanted layered vocals", it's both richly harmonic and somewhat ramshackle - born of a decision to embrace spontaneity and leave studio mistakes intact.

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2026

In “Weapons,” its eerie harmonic movement portends an innocence soon to be lost.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2025

By vibrating the lips at different speeds, the player can cause a harmonic of the air column to sound instead of the fundamental.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones