reharmonization

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ harmonization.

Noun

reharmonization (countable and uncountable, plural reharmonizations)

  1. The process of reharmonizing a musical work; a musical work made by reharmonizing another work.
    • 2008 February 12, Ben Ratliff, “A Victory for Jazz, or Just Grammy Being Grammy?”, in The New York Times‎[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 August 2024:
      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.
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