Reharmonization

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The process of reharmonizing a musical work; a musical work made by reharmonizing another work. countable, uncountable

    "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."

  2. 2
    a piece of music whose original harmony has been revised wordnet

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"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."

Etymology

From re- + harmonization.

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