Meanings
plural reharmonizations
- countableuncountableThe process of reharmonizing a musical work; a musical work made by reharmonizing another work.
Some of what “River” accomplishes as a jazz record is serious indeed. Mr. Hancock’s version of Duke Ellington’s “Solitude” is the modern jazz process itself: a complete reharmonization of a familiar song, with rhythm that keeps vanishing and reappearing.
2008 February 12, Ben Ratliff, “A Victory for Jazz, or Just Grammy Being Grammy?”, in New York Times
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna piece of music whose original harmony has been revised
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
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reharmonization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reharmonization
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