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Consonance and dissonance

In music, consonance and dissonance are categorizations of simultaneous or successive sounds. Within the Western tradition, some listeners associate consonance with sweetness, pleasantness, and acceptability, and dissonance with harshness, unpleasantness, or unacceptability, although there is broad acknowledgement that this depends also on familiarity…

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In history of Western music

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Consonance and dissonance → Atlas, Consonance, Consonance/DissonanceConsonance, ConsonanceOctave Frequency Sweep, David Huron, Dissonance, DissonanceThe Keyboard Tuning, Domenico Scarlattiindex, Index, LucyTuning, MusicBibliography, Notes, Ohio State University School
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Bosnian ganga singinginstance ofOther musical styles0.80text
pieces exploring the buzzing sound of the Indian tambura droneinstance ofOther musical styles0.80text
stylized improvisations on the Middle Eastern mijwizinstance ofOther musical styles0.80text
or Indonesian gamelan consider this sound an attractive part of the musical timbreinstance ofOther musical styles0.80text
go to great lengths to create instruments that produce this slightinstance ofOther musical styles0.80text
a ninth chord without its fifthinstance ofThe Benedictus from Michael Haydn's Missa Quadragesimalis contains a passage of contrapuntal treatment consisting of various dissonances0.80text
an augmented triadinstance ofThe Benedictus from Michael Haydn's Missa Quadragesimalis contains a passage of contrapuntal treatment consisting of various dissonances0.80text
a half-diminished seventh chordinstance ofThe Benedictus from Michael Haydn's Missa Quadragesimalis contains a passage of contrapuntal treatment consisting of various dissonances0.80text
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Consonance and dissonancerelated to DefinitionsThe0.60section
Consonance and dissonancerelated to DefinitionsIn0.60section
Consonance and dissonancerelated to DefinitionsDissonance0.60section

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