Intervals or chords that sound impure, harsh, or unstable.
A combination of notes that creates musical tension and usually resolves to a consonance. The opening of "Chopsticks" is dissonant.
A harsh, disagreeable combination of sounds that can suggest unresolved tension.
the lack of compassion; the lack of resonance
a note not belonging in a chord, (intervals such as sevenths and seconds).
(a) In music, an inharmonious combination of sounds; contrasted with consonance. (b) In social psychology, Festinger?s term for discomfort arising from a perceived inconsistency between one?s attitudes and one?s behavior. See also cognitive dissonance.
The unpleasantness or instability perceived in certain intervals and chords. The opposite is consonance . In classical Western music dissonant intervals require resolution to consonance before closure. Among the dissonant intervals are the tritone , the seventh , and the half step or semitone .
discord in music, suggesting tension
the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience; "modern music is just noise to me"
A combination of notes that is heard as harmonically unstable or unpleasant
unstable, unpleasant-sounding combinations of sounds
A group of notes which, when played together, sounds unsettling or displeasing to the conventional Western ear.
two or more notes of different intervals that clash and need to be resolved in order for the ear to be satisfied
a combination of pitches which is not consonant or displeasing.
A mingling or union of harsh, inharmonious sounds, often used deliberately for effect, as in the lines from Whitman's " The Dalliance of Eagles:" The clinching interlocking claws, a living, fierce, gyrating wheel, Four beating wings, two beaks, a swirling mass tight grappling, In tumbling turning clustering loops, straight downward falling, Sidelight: The term, dissonance, can also refer to any elements of a poem which are discordant in the context of their use. Sidelight: Although often considered synonymous with cacophony, the term dissonance more strongly implies a deliberate choice.(Contrast Euphony)
A combination of tones that sounds discordant and in need of resolution.
The sounding of two or more tones which produce an effect of harshness or instability, and demand "resolution" to a consonance. Like consonance, the concept of dissonance is dependent upon both context and the way our ears have been cultured. Some intervals considered dissonant in the Medieval period were found to be consonant during the Renaissance. Also, the way a dissonance is resolved (and even the way it is orchestrated) can decrease or intensify how "harsh" it sounds. Intervals commonly considered dissonant in tonal music are the major and minor seconds and sevenths.
A harsh or disagreeable combination of sounds. Some native English speakers consider various Southeast Asian languages to be dissonant, based on the unfamiliar tones and consonant combinations.
tones sounding simultaneously are said to be dissonant if they produce an unpleasant effect; among intervals seconds and sevenths are dissonant
pitches that clash when sounded together, including seconds, sevenths, and the tritone. During the early Middle Ages, the third and sixth were also considered dissonant. Antonym: consonance.
In music, it is an interval or chord in which the tones oscillate in an inharmonious rhythmical relationship.
Sound resulting from an interval or chord that is harsh or unresolved.
The idea that some sounds or sound-combinations are less euphonious than others. An ancient but disputed idea that has received numerous treatments. Psychoacoustic research supports a low-level auditory irritation dubbed "sensory dissonance" that is related to the timbre, register, and interval content for sonorous moments. See also consonance.
a simultaneous combination of tones conventionally accepted as being in a state of unrest and needing completion; discord.
An effect created by the irregular "artifacting" of two or more tones. In melody, a note which appears in stark contrast to the lead.
Literally a musical relationship (usually a chord) which lies outside of tonal harmony; in effect, it is the state of tension or unrest in music which contrasts with consonance, the lack of such tension.
Two or more sounds that, when heard together, sound unpleasant.
Occurs, when vibrations of different wavelengths meet, which creates a state of chaos. Waves that vibrate the same length create resonance. Literally dissonance means “un-soundâ€.
A combination of sounds that produce harsh, discordant results, and increase the desire for resolution.
Notes that conflict, or sound outside of a chord in which they occur. Such notes usually fall outside of the overtones which are being generated by the note or chord that is sounding.
Sounds of unrest, e.g. intervals of seconds and sevenths; the opposite of consonance.
The deliberate use of inharmonious syllables/words/phrases in order to create a harsh-toned effect. Walt Whitman employs dissonance in his poem To a Locomotive in Winter.
