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Slowhand Word
harmolodics
* plural noun [treated as sing.] a form of free jazz in which musicians improvise simultaneously on a melodic line at various pitches.
-- derivatives
harmolodic adjective.
-- origin 1970s : coined by the American saxophonist Ornette Coleman (born 1930) and said to be a blend of harmony, movement, and melodic.
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