This is the first instance in musical theory where the third has been recognized as a consonance.
True appreciation of music consisted in knowing the musical consonances, abstracting their mathematical proportions, and understanding in them the reflection of divine harmony.
The chord-building remains tertian, with the seventh, ninth, or thirteenth chords being treated as consonances functionally equivalent to the fundamental triad.
The tonality diamond is often regarded as comprising the set of consonances of the n-limit.
He also creates unique rhythmical and chromatic consonances throughout these motifs.
Indoctrination was acceptable so long as it was "in consonance with the conditions" of national life.
Our own concern was about appropriateness - and we believed that a consonance would arrive if things were sized for their function: a relationship of fitness.
A rough, noisy texture would thus be parallel to dissonance, whilst a smooth, clear texture would correspond to consonance.
