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Noun harmonic progression has 1 sense
  1. harmonic progression - (mathematics) a progression of terms whose reciprocals form an arithmetic progression
    --1 is a kind of
    progression, patterned advance

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Term: Harmonic Progression

Description: A harmonic progression, in mathematics and music theory, is a sequence of numbers where the reciprocals of the terms have a constant difference. In music, it refers to a series of chords played in succession where each chord has a harmonic relationship with the previous one.

Sense 1 (Mathematics): A harmonic progression in mathematics is a sequence of numbers where the reciprocal of each term has a constant difference.

Example sentence: The series 1, 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/5, ... is a simple example of a harmonic progression.

Sense 2 (Music): In music theory, a harmonic progression refers to a series of chords played in succession, where each chord has a harmonic relationship with the previous one.

Example sentence: The song follows a beautiful harmonic progression, moving smoothly from the tonic chord to the dominant chord.

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