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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English harmonized English unharmonized From un- + harmonized.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Not harmonized
an unharmonized melody
For example, I hear a "forward" reference to the quartets of Bartok and Shostakovitch (and perhaps more generally to a kind of imprecise "Central European nationalism/folkism”) in the bare and unharmonized motif in the viola and cello, imitated by the first and second violins, at bars 92–94 of the movement.
2005, Eric Clarke, Ways of Listening, page 172:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| unharmonised | alternative | lexicographic |