panharmonic

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   music: adapted to, employing, or ranging across all harmonies or musical modes

   The theorist rejected a panharmonic scale that moved through every available mode.

2. 2
   adj

   harmonizing or agreeing with everything; universally harmonious

   The poet imagined a panharmonic order in which every voice contributed to one concord.

Formed from pan- ("all") + harmonic. Pan- comes from Ancient Greek pas, with the stem pan-, while harmonic ultimately comes through Latin harmonicus from Greek harmonikos and harmonia ("joining, agreement, harmony"). In older musical theory, a harmony could mean a mode, giving the word its sense "adapted to all modes."

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