While the tunes written by bebop innovators like Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and Bud Powell were often too volatile and complicated for contemporary listeners, Jobim found a way of using bebop harmonies — especially the tritone, or flattened fifth — as the basis for irresistibly lyrical melodies.
Spiritualized have a long history of using expansive gospel harmonies and religious imagery in their music, but their interest in creating a celestial aura is not new.
Mr. Wilson has a light, bouncing touch, which sounds like a result of a lot of listening to Billy Higgins; Mr. McNeil sprawls through long, Don Cherry-style improvisations -- weaving in and out of tonal harmony -- using a clear, dry, clarion upper register.
He lights upon distinct patterns, generates a fairly small range of harmony and uses a handful of favorite polyrhythms that he taps out on the keys.
The Ebionite gospel is one example of a type of gospel harmony that used the Gospel of Matthew as a base text but did not include the Gospel of John; it is believed to pre-date Tatian's Diatessaron (c. 170) which included all four canonical gospels.
Just as a conductor can co-ordinate up to 100 musicians, so a business leader could bring all his/her disparate employees together in perfect harmony using, instead of a baton, a clear set of objectives and key performance indicators.
Experimental music is a broad, loosely defined field encompassing musics created by abandoning traditional classical concepts of melody and harmony, and by using the new technology of electronics to create hitherto impossible sounds.
The Spanish also have the 19-year-old prodigy Ricky Rubio at point guard, and they play with the verve and harmony of a team used to playing together.
Behind it, the Hall of Preserving Harmony, was used for rehearsing ceremonies, and was also the site of the final stage of the Imperial examination.
Instead of soothing harmony, he uses – or abuses – the classical elements to create an oppressive, morbid atmosphere.
