consonance
81consonant — consonant, ante [ kɔ̃sɔnɑ̃, ɑ̃t ] adj. • v. 1165; lat. consonans, de consonare « résonner ensemble » ♦ Qui produit une consonance; est formé de consonances. Intervalles, accords consonants. Phrases consonantes. ⊗ CONTR. Dissonant. ● consonant,… …
82son — 1. son [ sɔ̃ ] , sa [ sa ] , ses [ se ] adj. poss. 3e pers. • son 842; formes atones des adj. lat. suus, sua, suos, suas→ sien. REM. Liaison : Son amie [ sɔ̃nami ] ou vieilli et région. [ sɔnami ] . I ♦ (Personnes) 1 …
83Counterpoint — For other uses, see Counterpoint (disambiguation). Extract from Fugue no. 17 in A flat major, BWV 862, from book 1 of The Well Tempered Clavier by Bach, who is widely regarded as the greatest practitioner of counterpoint.[ …
84Harmonic series (music) — Harmonic series of a string. Pitched musical instruments are often based on an approximate harmonic oscillator such as a string or a column of air, which oscillates at numerous frequencies simultaneously. At these resonant frequencies, waves… …
85Alliteration — is the repetition of the first consonant sound in a phrase. A common example in English is Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. Alliteration can take the form of assonance, the repetition of a vowel, or consonance, the repetition of a… …
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87Pedal point — For pedal point in the mathematical sense, see pedal curve. For the pedal concept in brass instruments, see pedal tone. Pedal tone example.[1] …
88Pythagorean hammers — According to legend, Pythagoras discovered the foundations of music by listening to the sounds of four blacksmith s hammers, which produced consonance and dissonance when they were struck simultaneously. Specifically, he noticed that hammer A… …
89The six symmetries of music — refers to a set of transformations that can be applied to music while leaving a fundamental essence of the music unchanged. The six symmetries are: pitch translation invariance, time scaling invariance, octave translation invariance, time… …
90Cambiata — Cambiata, or nota cambiata (Italian for changed note), has a number of different and related meanings. Generally it refers to a pattern in a homophonic or polyphonic (and usually contrapuntal) setting where a note is skipped from in one direction …
