Body Quote by George Bernard Shaw

The history of harmony is the history of the development of the human ear, which has gradually assimilated, in their natural order, the successive…

— Nadia Boulanger

Harmony has always come very natural to us because we started singing harmony at an early age. We heard a lot of different music…

— Petra Haden

“Of these five features, harmonic consistency is clearly the most culturally specific. The idea that music should consist of rapidly changing chords is a…

— Dmitri Tymoczko

Harmony is the third element of music, after melody and rhythm, and also the one which requires the most study to actually master. People…

— Chilly Gonzales

There are times in life when you have to change your tune to keep harmony.

— Vikrant Parsai

Theory and harmony broadened my mind in music. I know what music is made of.

— Nina Simone

If we look at music history closely, it is not difficult to isolate certain elements of great potency which were to nourish the art…

— George Crumb

I even think that, sentimentally, I am disposed to harmony. But organically I am incapable of a tune.

— Charles Lamb

“I am not averse to generalizing the notion of "modern" to designate a certain way of life, rather than making it purely a synonym…

— Paul Valéry

We don't get harmony when everybody sings the same note. Only notes that are different can harmonize. The same is true with people.

— Steve Goodier

I'd been getting bored with the stereotyped changes (harmonies) that were being used all the time. ... I found that by using the higher…

— Charlie Parker

I think in Baroque music, especially in the case of Bach, what really transformed Bach's musical language, what changed it for him was hearing…

— Mahan Esfahani