Harmony is the use and study of pitch simultaneity and chords, actual or implied, in music. It is sometimes referred to as the "vertical" aspect of music, with melody being the "horizontal" aspect. Very often, harmony is a result of counterpoint or polyphony, several melodic lines or motifs being played at once, though harmony may control the counterpoint. The word harmony comes from the Greek ἁρμονία harmonía meaning "a fastening or join". The conce ...

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Including:

• Vowel harmony - Explanation
• Vowel harmony - Features of vowel harmony
• Vowel harmony - Vowel harmony & umlaut terminology
• Vowel harmony - Vowel harmony archiphonemes and underspecification
• Vowel harmony - Examples in selected languages
• Vowel harmony - Uralic languages
• Vowel harmony - Altaic languages
• Vowel harmony - Yokuts
• Vowel harmony - Korean
• Vowel harmony - Japanese
• Vowel harmony - Other languages
• Vowel harmony - Other types of harmony
• Vowel harmony - Vowel-consonant harmony
• Vowel harmony - Links
• Vowel harmony - Bibliography

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Although vowel harmony is the most well-known harmony, not all types of harmony that occur in the world's languages involve only vowels. Other types of harmony involve consonants (and is known as consonant harmony). Rarer types of harmony are those that involve or tone or both vowels and consonants (e.g. postvelar harmony). Vowel harmony - Vowel-consonant harmony. Some languages have harmony processes that involve an interaction between vowels and consonants. For example, Chilcotin has a phonological process known as vowel flattening (i.e. post-velar harmony) where vowels m ...

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Vowel harmony, Vowel harmony - Explanation, Vowel harmony - Features of vowel harmony, Vowel harmony - Vowel harmony & umlaut terminology, Vowel harmony - Vowel harmony archiphonemes and underspecification, Vowel harmony - Examples in selected languages, Vowel harmony - Uralic languages, Vowel harmony - Altaic languages, Vowel harmony - Yokuts, Vowel harmony - Korean, Vowel harmony - Japanese, Vowel harmony - Other languages, Vowel harmony - Other types of harmony, Vowel harmony - Vowel-consonant harmony, Vowel harmony - Links, Vowel harmony - Bibliography

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In July 2004, RealNetworks introduced their Harmony technology. The Harmony technology is built into RealPlayer and allows users of the RealPlayer Music Store to play their songs on the iPod. Before the introduction of Harmony this was not possible, because the RealPlayer Music Store uses a different scheme, called Helix DRM, to protect their content that was incompatible with that used by Apple. While using RealPlayer to transfer a Helix DRM-protected song onto the iPod, Harmony transparently converts it to a FairPlay-compa ...

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FairPlay, FairPlay - Restrictions, FairPlay - How it works, FairPlay - Harmony, FairPlay - DeDRMS PlayFair and Hymn

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If two notes are simultaneously played, with frequency ratios that are simple fractions (e.g. 2/1, 3/2 or 5/4), then the composite wave will still be periodic with a short period, and the combination will sound consonant. For instance, a note vibrating at 200 Hz and a note vibrating at 300 Hz (a perfect fifth, or 3/2 ratio, above 200 Hz) will add together to make a wave that repeats at 100 Hz: every 1/100 of a second, the 300 Hz wave will repeat thrice and the 200 Hz wave will repeat twice. Note that the total wave repeats at 100 Hz, but there is not ac ...

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Musical acoustics, Musical acoustics - Methods and fields of study, Musical acoustics - Sound waves, Musical acoustics - Harmonics partials and overtones, Musical acoustics - Harmonics and non-linearities, Musical acoustics - Harmony, Musical acoustics - The natural scale, Musical acoustics - The equal tempered scale, Musical acoustics - Cent values of equal temperament

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If two notes are simultaneously played, with frequency ratios that are simple fractions (e.g. 2/1, 3/2 or 5/4), then the composite wave will still be periodic with a short period, and the combination will sound consonant. For instance, a note vibrating at 200 Hz and a note vibrating at 300 Hz (a perfect fifth, or 3/2 ratio, above 200 Hz) will add together to make a wave that repeats at 100 Hz: every 1/100 of a second, the 300 Hz wave will repeat thrice and the 200 Hz wave will repeat twice. Note that the total wave repeats at 100 Hz, but there is not ac ...

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Musical acoustics, Musical acoustics - Methods and fields of study, Musical acoustics - Sound waves, Musical acoustics - Harmonics partials and overtones, Musical acoustics - Harmonics and non-linearities, Musical acoustics - Harmony, Musical acoustics - The natural scale, Musical acoustics - Evolution of the natural scale, Musical acoustics - The equal tempered scale, Musical acoustics - Cent values of equal temperament

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The harmonic basis of the canon is a ground bass: the same four-bar bass line and harmonic sequence are repeated over and over, about 30 times in total. The chords of this sequence are: D major (tonic), A major (dominant), B minor (tonic parallel), F# minor (dominant parallel) G major (subdominant), D major (tonic), G major (subdominant), A major (dominant). The sequence, or rather, close imitations of it, appears elsewhere in the classical canon. Mozart employed it for a striking passage in Die Zauberflöte (1791), at the mome ...

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Pachelbel's Canon, Pachelbel's Canon - Harmony, Pachelbel's Canon - Pachelbel's canon in popular culture, Pachelbel's Canon - In Film, Pachelbel's Canon - Musical adaptations, Pachelbel's Canon - Other uses, Pachelbel's Canon - Media

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Harmony Smurf is a misnomer, seeing as his musical ability shows a total lack of harmony (his original name in the French version is "Musician Smurf"). He is a music player, keeping lots of musical instruments in his house. He especially loves to play the trumpet. He has more passion than talent, though, and he persistently plays awfully and loudly, causing the other Smurfs to plug their ears in frustration. Like in most Belgian comics, this musician plays so harsh ...

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Characters in the Smurfs, Characters in the Smurfs - Airborne aka Aviator, Characters in the Smurfs - Alchemist aka Apprentice Clumsy, Characters in the Smurfs - Baby, Characters in the Smurfs - Baker AKA Greedy, Characters in the Smurfs - Brainy, Characters in the Smurfs - Clockwork, Characters in the Smurfs - Clumsy, Characters in the Smurfs - Dabbler, Characters in the Smurfs - Doc, Characters in the Smurfs - Dopey, Characters in the Smurfs - Dreamy aka Astro, Characters in the Smurfs - Farmer, Characters in the Smurfs - Finance, Characters in the Smurfs - Fisher, Characters in the Smurfs - Grandpa, Characters in the Smurfs - Greedy, Characters in the Smurfs - Grouchy, Characters in the Smurfs - Handy, Characters in the Smurfs - Harmony, Characters in the Smurfs - Hefty, Characters in the Smurfs - Jokey aka Prisoner, Characters in the Smurfs - King AKA Brainy, Characters in the Smurfs - Miner, Characters in the Smurfs - Nanny, Characters in the Smurfs - Nat/Natural, Characters in the Smurfs - Nosey, Characters in the Smurfs - Painter, Characters in the Smurfs - Papa, Characters in the Smurfs - Poet, Characters in the Smurfs - Reflection aka Hundredth, Characters in the Smurfs - Sassette, Characters in the Smurfs - Scaredy aka Brave, Characters in the Smurfs - Lazy AKA Sleepy, Characters in the Smurfs - Sloppy, Characters in the Smurfs - Slouchy, Characters in the Smurfs - Smurfette, Characters in the Smurfs - Feminism, Characters in the Smurfs - Sneezy, Characters in the Smurfs - Sweepy, Characters in the Smurfs - Tailor, Characters in the Smurfs - Timid, Characters in the Smurfs - Tracker, Characters in the Smurfs - Vanity, Characters in the Smurfs - Weakling, Characters in the Smurfs - Wild, Characters in the Smurfs - Wooley, Characters in the Smurfs - Azrael, Characters in the Smurfs - Balthazar, Characters in the Smurfs - Bigmouth, Characters in the Smurfs - Gargamel, Characters in the Smurfs - Johan, Characters in the Smurfs - Hogatha, Characters in the Smurfs - Clorhydress, Characters in the Smurfs - Princess Salvina, Characters in the Smurfs - Prince Gerard, Characters in the Smurfs - Smoogle, Characters in the Smurfs - Nemesis, Characters in the Smurfs - Mother Nature and Father Time, Characters in the Smurfs - Omnibus

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Buddhist Quotes: Learn to Live in Harmony and Peace

Because we all share this planet earth, we have to learn to live in harmony and peace with each other and with nature. This is not just a dream, but a necessity.

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Tai Chi Chuan is one way of working towards harmonising our energies both internally and externally so that we live in tune with nature. Because the movements of Tai Chi Chuan are slow and meditative, they put us indirect contact with nature.

Tai Chi Chuan not only provides a foundation for self-defence, but also teaches principles of harmonious action. Being in harmony requires flexibility in thought and the ability to release an idea free from the ego.

Tai Chi Chuan emphasises becoming aware of the inter-relationship of all the parts of one'sbody - both with one another and with the environment and moving these parts harmoniously under the direction of the mind. To be able to do this, special training is required.

(See also: Peace on Earth, Peace of Mind, Love and Happiness, Life and Beyond, Body Mind and Soul)

You don't get harmony when everybody sings the same note.

- Doug Floyd

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Selfishness may be sweet only for oneself, but no harmony of the whole can come from it.

- Tenrikyo Osashizu

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Vision is the ability to see beyond the present; to be able to chart a map of the future. Is such a vision possible for a universal religion? When all technologies and knowledge in the world are converging, why should humanity have different religions?

One basic question has haunted us for long: Are the many religions of the world opposed to each other? If their common goal is universal welfare, why do we need so many religions? All religions echo the need for righteous conduct, truth and non-violence. But they differ in their rituals, which are unfortunately being projected today as their core. Dress, mode of worship and language of rituals have come to symbolise purity of faith.

(See also: Peace on Earth, Peace of Mind, Love and Happiness, Life and Beyond, Body Mind and Soul)

In India, the day begins with worship. People pray, bow and meditate. Members of the Jain community all over India bathe, put on new clothes and walk barefoot to their local temple. They embark on their daily pilgrimage with no possessions and with high aspirations. Some of them carry a cloth mask which they wear when inside the temple. From the moment they walk into the temple, all worldly concerns are set aside to facilitate meditation. Their focus is on the Tirthankaras , the teachers who conquered their own vices to teach the world about compassion and salvation through example. The recitation of the Namokar Mahamantra encourages them to salute the achievements of all divine souls who attained salvation.

(See also: Jainism Worship, God and Religion, Peace on Earth, Peace of Mind, Love and Happiness, Life and Beyond, Body Mind and Soul)

The Venus Transit of June 2004 during the Venus Retrograde phase is a rare cosmic event that this year is laden with spiritual significance. Richard Giles examines this remarkable phenomenon.

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Bone Thugs-N-Harmony is a U.S. rap group from Cleveland, Ohio known for their quick-tongued rapping style and harmonizing vocals. They are most notable for their 1996 hit "Tha Crossroads". Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - The Beginning. Formed in the early 1990s, the group was originally known as B.O.N.E Enterpri$e and consisted of Krayzie Bone, Layzie Bone, Wish Bone and Bizzy Bone. They recorded the album Faces Of Death under this moniker in early 1993. Soon after Flesh-N-Bone (Layzie Bone's brother) was add ...

Including:

• Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - The Beginning
• Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - The Ruthless Years
• Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - Creepin' On Ah Come Up
• Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - E. 1999 Eternal
• Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - The Art Of War
• Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - BTNHResurrection
• Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - Thug World Order
• Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - Turmoil
• Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - A New Beginning
• Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - Legacy
• Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - Line-up
• Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - Current members
• Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - Discography
• Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - Main albums
• Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - Compiliation albums
• Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - Singles

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Breema is a practice of Being Present. When the tensions of mind, body, and feelings fall away, one returns to their Natural State of Being. One's Natural State of Being is a harmonious place full of vitality and health. The practice of Breema is something that is easily applied to one's daily life. It is said: "Breema is a teaching for the marketplace, not the monastery," meaning that it complements one's life without the need of withdrawing from society and entering a cloister ...

Including:

• Breema - The Nine Principles of Harmony
• Breema - Related publications

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Wu wei (Traditional Chinese characters: 無為 Simplified Chinese characters: 无为) is an important tenet of Taoism that involves knowing when to act and when not to act. Wu may be translated as not have; Wei (2nd tone) may be translated as do, act, serve as, govern. The literal meaning of Wu Wei is "without action" and is often included in the paradox wei wu wei : "action without action." The practice of wu wei and the efficacy of wei wu wei are fundamental tenets in Chinese tho ...

Including:

• Wu wei - Origins
• Wu wei - Philosophy
• Wu wei - Practice
• Wu wei - The ultimate: harmony with the Tao

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Vice is the opposite of virtue. The modern English term that best captures its original meaning is the word vicious, which means "full of vice." In this sense, the word vice comes from the Latin word vitium, meaning "failing or defect". Vice - Vice and virtue. One way of organising the vices is as the corruption of the virtues. A virtue can be corrupted by nonuse, misuse, or overuse. Thus the cardinal vices would be lust (nonuse of temperance), cowardice (nonuse of courage), folly (misu ...

Including:

• Vice - Vice and virtue
• Vice - The Christian vices
• Vice - Harmony of vices
• Vice - Popular usage
• Vice - Bibliography
• Vice - Sources

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Assimilation is a regular and frequent sound change process by which a phoneme changes to match an adjacent phoneme in a word. A common example of assimilation is vowels being 'nasalized' before nasal consonants as it is difficult to change the shape of the mouth sufficiently quickly. If the phoneme changes to match the preceding phoneme, it is progressive assimilation (also left-to-right, perseveratory, or preservative assimilation). If the phoneme changes to match the following phoneme, it is re ...

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