He felt that to compose good music in the Chinese style, modal harmony had to be used together with classical and modern harmony.
One can get a good sense of the difference between classical and non-classical harmony from looking at how they deal with dissonances.
In classical major-mode harmony, chords typically belong to the same scale.
The quartet uses the cyclic structure, and constitutes a final divorce from the rules of classical harmony.
But the be-bop language allows us to incorporate Western classical harmonies.
Riffs, tones and licks are melodic and stick to classical harmonies.
The classical harmony of great art would seem to impose some sort of catharsis and emotional release, both for the audience and the dancer.
He is a multi-instrumentalist known for blending classical harmonies with modern instrumentation.
He studied piano, classical harmony, and counterpoint.
She spent nine years studying classical harmony, singing, composing, arranging, piano accompaniment.