close harmony

[ klohs ]
/ kloʊs /

noun Music.

harmony in which the voices, excluding the bass, occur within an octave or, sometimes, within the interval of a tenth.

Origin of close harmony

First recorded in 1875–80

British Dictionary definitions for close harmony

close harmony
/ (kləʊs) /

noun

a type of singing in which all the parts except the bass lie close together and are confined to the compass of a tenth