Consonance is the state of harmony that sounds and feels stable, settled, resolved, and free of tension…
Dissonance is the state of harmony that sounds and feels unstable, unsettled, unresolved, and full of tension.
There are many flavors and degrees of consonance and dissonance.
Here are three examples that will whet your appetite for continuing your study of chords…
Consonance, an example…
Dissonance, an example…
Consonance or Dissonance?
Consonance and dissonance are relative terms in at least three ways:
- There degrees of consonance and dissonance.
- Consonance and dissonance depend strongly on the musical context.
- One person’s consonance may be another person’s dissonance.
Here’s a deliciously ambiguous example…
Is this Consonant? Dissonant? Why quibble? Why not just experience, learn, and enjoy!
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Chord Structure: Number System
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