dissonance Meaning & Definition

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Meaning of dissonance In English

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Examples of dissonance

  • However, the complex dissonances we have seen suggest otherwise.

  • If the metre, like the 6/4 that underlies this example, is built to allow multiple groupings, dissonances can occur without disrupting it excessively.

  • In theory, conflicts such as 7/4 or 11/3 could also generate dissonances of this type.

  • Such dissonances are central to two other essays.

  • Such dissonances must be presented as temporally emphasized at the level of the surface as well as featuring in the fundamental counterpoint.

  • In the initial parsing, dissonances are shown with crossed noteheads.

  • There are several rhythmic structures - metric consonances and dissonances - in the third movement which would surely have attracted his attention.

  • The layering of the different walks was immersive, with overlapping words and incidental harmonies and dissonances.

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