harmonics

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I like odd chord changes; when I was singing with the Jazz Passengers, that was sort of like going to college for me, they used all kinds of time signatures and harmonics and things.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2025

“There’s something that happens when you lock in to somebody and all the harmonics ping,” says Sting backup singer Jo Lawry.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 26, 2024

She folded trills, stops and sweet harmonics into unbroken lines, and when she harmonized with herself, she utilized the plushness and patience familiar from her Bach recordings.

From New York Times • Apr. 28, 2024

Instead, an extended model including higher harmonics is required to describe the tunneling current between the two superconductors.

From Science Daily • Feb. 14, 2024

If we could listen to them all at once, fully orchestrated, in their immense ensemble, we might become aware of the counterpoint, the balance of tones and timbres and harmonics, the sonorities.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas