harmonic progression
harmonic progression — 名詞
1. the way the chords in a song move from one to the next, which gives the music it
和聲進行
樂曲中和弦接續變化的方式
the way the chords in a song move from one to the next, which gives the music its sense of motion and mood.
Christopher taught his students how a simple harmonic progression can make a sad song feel hopeful.
Christopher 教學生，簡單的和聲進行如何能讓一首悲傷的歌聽起來充滿希望。
harmonic progression as the chord-movement of a song
Henry noticed that three of his favourite pop songs share the same four-chord harmonic progression.
Henry 發現他最喜歡的三首流行歌，用的是同一組四和弦的和聲進行。
collocation: four-chord harmonic progression
The jazz pianist surprised the crowd by twisting a familiar harmonic progression into a tense, dark chord.
那位爵士鋼琴家把大家熟悉的和聲進行扭轉成一個緊繃、陰暗的和弦，讓全場驚訝。
the progression moves the music toward a new mood
Beatrix hummed the melody while Rodrigo picked out its harmonic progression chord by chord on a guitar.
Beatrix 哼著旋律，Rodrigo 則用吉他一個和弦一個和弦地摸索出它的和聲進行。
working out the chords of a known tune
A gentle harmonic progression carried the choir slowly toward the final, warm-sounding chord.
柔和的和聲進行帶著合唱團緩緩走向最後那個溫暖的和弦。
subject is the chord movement itself
- four-chord harmonic progression
- build a harmonic progression
- the harmonic progression resolves
- chord progression
the everyday songwriting term; near-identical and far more frequent in casual talk
- chord sequence
stresses the ordered list of chords rather than the feeling of motion
用法筆記
Common in music theory and songwriting. Often paired with a chord count (three-chord, four-chord) or with verbs like 'build', 'resolve', or 'follow'.
2. a row of numbers where, if you flip each one upside down into a fraction, the ne
調和級數
各項倒數成等差的數列
a row of numbers where, if you flip each one upside down into a fraction, the new numbers go up or down by an equal step each time.
Tamar showed the class that 1, one-half, one-third, one-quarter forms a neat harmonic progression.
Tamar 向全班說明，1、二分之一、三分之一、四分之一構成一個漂亮的調和級數。
harmonic progression as a named number sequence
The math teacher asked Gita to find the next term in a short harmonic progression.
數學老師請 Gita 找出一個簡短調和級數的下一項。
collocation: a term in a harmonic progression
Élise circled the fractions on the board to show how the harmonic progression keeps its hidden pattern.
Élise 在黑板上圈出那些分數，說明調和級數如何把規律藏起來。
the pattern lives in the reciprocals
On the whiteboard, Walid proved that the sum of this harmonic progression never reaches a fixed limit.
Walid 在白板上證明了這個調和級數的總和永遠到不了一個固定的數。
subject of a formal mathematical claim
Aoi met a harmonic progression in physics class while measuring how a guitar string makes higher notes.
Aoi 在物理課上量測吉他弦如何發出更高的音時，碰到了一個調和級數。
the sequence appears in the study of sound
- a term in a harmonic progression
- the sum of a harmonic progression
- harmonic sequence
the more common name in modern textbooks; same idea
- arithmetic progression
the related sequence the reciprocals themselves form
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1: this is a counting term, not a music term — the 'harmonic' here points to fractions, not chords. The reciprocals form an arithmetic progression.
同根字
- harmony名詞B1
- harmonic形容詞C1
- progression名詞B2
- progress動詞B1