dissonant
41dissonantly — dissonant ► ADJECTIVE 1) Music sounding harsh or discordant. 2) unsuitable in combination; clashing. DERIVATIVES dissonance noun dissonantly adverb. ORIGIN from Latin dissonare be discordant , from sonare to sound …
42Consonance and dissonance — For the mental phenomena, see Cognitive dissonance. For the stylistic device often used in poetry, see Literary consonance. In music, a consonance (Latin com , with + sonare, to sound ) is a harmony, chord, or interval considered stable, as… …
43Harmony — This article is about musical harmony and harmonies. For other uses of the term, see Harmony (disambiguation). Disharmony redirects here. For the episode of Angel, see Disharmony (Angel) …
44Cambiata — 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 …
45Counterpoint — 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.[ …
46Interval (music) — For the album by See You Next Tuesday, see Intervals (album). Melodic and harmonic intervals.   …
47Tone cluster — Example of piano tone clusters. The clusters in the upper staff C♯ D♯ F♯ G♯ are four successive black keys …
48dissonnant — ⇒DISSON(N)ANT, ANTE, (DISSONANT, DISSONNANT)part. prés., adj. et subst. I. Part. prés. de disson(n)er. II. Emploi adj. A. MUS. [Appliqué à un accord ou à une suite de notes] Dont l harmonie ou la ligne mélodique est rompue par l introduction d… …
49Cognitive dissonance — The Fox and the Grapes by Aesop. When the fox fails to reach the grapes, he decides he does not want them after all. This is an example of adaptive preference formation, which serves to reduce cognitive dissonance.[1] …
50Quartsextakkord — Ein Quartsextakkord ist die zweite Umkehrung eines Dreiklangs. Der tiefste Ton des Akkordes ist nicht der Grundton des Dreiklangs, sondern seine Quinte. Die Bezeichnung Quartsextakkord stammt aus der Generalbassschreibweise: Der festgelegte… …
