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HARMONIC FUNCTION [4 records]

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Record 1 2018-07-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Jazz
DEF

In jazz-based harmony, melody, and improvisation, a scale degree that obscures the harmonic function of a chord and/or creates a strong dissonance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Jazz
Key term(s)
  • note dissonnante

Spanish

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Record 2 2000-08-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematics
  • Computer Graphics
CONT

To calculate the harmonic measure and its characteristic properties one can follow two numerical methods. i) After having generated a DLA cluster one releases further particles... whose diffusional motion is simulated by the same technique... which is used for growing the aggregate.... ii) solving the Laplace equation... with boundary conditions.... For small clusters the Green's function method can be used to solve Laplace's equation... yielding GSPD free of any effects....

Key term(s)
  • Green method

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques
  • Infographie
DEF

Méthode de simulation numérique de la croissance d'un agrégat limité par diffusion, par résolution d'équations laplaciennes.

Spanish

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Record 3 1999-11-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Education Theory and Methods
  • Musicology
DEF

Ear training covers chords and inversions, intervals, melodic dictation, rhythmic drills and harmonic function.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théories et méthodes pédagogiques
  • Musicologie

Spanish

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Record 4 1993-10-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Acoustics (Physics)
DEF

The frequency-dependent ratio of the motion-response phasor to the phasor of the excitation force.

OBS

Frequency-response functions are properties of linear dynamic systems which do not depend on the type of excitation function. Excitation can be harmonic, random, or transient functions of time. The test results obtained with one type of excitation can thus be used for predicting the response of the system to any other type of excitation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Acoustique (Physique)
DEF

Rapport sélectif entre le vecteur tournant de réponse au mouvement et le vecteur tournant de la force d'excitation.

OBS

Les fonctions de réponse en fréquence sont des propriétés des systèmes dynamiques linéaires qui ne dépendent pas du type de fonction d'excitation. L'excitation peut être une fonction du temps harmonique, aléatoire ou transitoire. Les résultats d'essai obtenus avec un type d'excitation peuvent donc être utilisés pour prévoir la réponse du système à tout autre type d'excitation.

Spanish

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