close harmony

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/kləʊs/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(klōs)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
close′ har′mony  (klōs),USA pronunciation [Music.]
  1. Music and Danceharmony in which the voices, excluding the bass, occur within an octave or, sometimes, within the interval of a tenth.
  • 1875–80

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
close harmony / kləʊs/, close-harmony singing
  1. a type of singing in which all the parts except the bass lie close together and are confined to the compass of a tenth
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