close harmony

collocation in English

meaningsofcloseandharmony

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close
adjective
uk
/kləʊs/us
/kloʊs/
having direct family connections or shared beliefs, support, ...
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harmony
noun
uk
/ˈhɑː.mə.ni/us
/ˈhɑːr.mə.ni/
a pleasant musical sound made by different notes being played or sung at the ...
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(Definition ofcloseandharmonyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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During the second recorded session there was evidence of further development of vocal technique, including unaccompaniedcloseharmonysinging and syncopated rhythms.
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All this performed incloseharmonyand with soaring steel guitar.
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I hope that political and economiccloseharmonywill enable us to grow and act together.
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I am glad that as these proceedings draw towards theircloseharmonybegins to reign.
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The local companies work incloseharmonywith one another, as it is essential they should.
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I can only say that we have worked together incloseharmony, sympathy and effectiveness.
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With that object we have worked incloseharmonywith some of the great educational associations.
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This small body must work incloseharmonyand give mutual help to one another.
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It is never agreeable to find oneself differing in one's views profoundly from one's own friends and colleagues with whom usually one is working in such verycloseharmony.
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There is therefore a weakness that we will end up with two divergent pieces of legislation, whereas the intention was to have them incloseharmony.
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We believe that the state and its citizens should work together incloseharmonywith a common sense of purpose accepted by both but not imposed from above.
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Now that boroughwide policing has become the norm, police and local authorities can work incloseharmony on setting local priorities and can embark on joint local initiatives.
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With a half-hour to go to game time someone started singing, and soon the locker room rang withcloseharmonycollege songs.
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They helped popularizecloseharmony, a genre of country music.
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Each course lasts a week, and comprises classes in sight-singing, aural tests and consort singing (closeharmony).
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Closeharmonyor voicing can refer to both instrumental and vocal arrangements.
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The lighter side of their repertoire with which they often concluded their concerts - spirituals andcloseharmonyarrangements - initially continued to echo student days.
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This track features acoustic guitars,closeharmonyvocals, glockenspiel, pastoral piano and lyrics.
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The album includes the sisters singing incloseharmony.
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