He felt that to compose good music in the Chinese style, modal harmony had to be used together with classical and modern harmony.

He would reharmonize a piece in big block chords or move back and forth between be-bop and modal harmony.

They used these tunes in their compositions, which are characterized by the asymmetrical rhythms and modal harmonies of that music.

Some of the compositions Pleiades Dances also use modal harmony.

To the medieval bardic accompaniment of a harp, they suggest, in their modal harmony, the music of the 16th century.

Their sound formed around modal harmonies and intensive rhythmic patterns.

He has a good ear for modal harmony, and some of the a cappella choral writing was lovely.

Her muted jazz score with its modal harmonies is essentially background music to spoken texts.

Sustained modal harmonies and chantlike lines lend the music a neo-medieval quality.

It is argued that progressive rock obtained its distinctive sound of modal harmony from medieval music.