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What does dissonance mean?

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Noun
  1. a harsh, discordant combination of sounds
  2. (music) conflicting notes that are not overtones of the note or chord sounding
  3. a state of disagreement or conflict
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This study used mild emotional stimuli, those associated with people's reactions to musical consonance versus dissonance.
Grimaud's ability to evoke both sensitive tonal shadings and clangorous dissonance made this movement an overwhelming experience.
The echoes that the harsh dissonance produced were cut short with the ongoing volume.
Penrose's device offers a way for anyone to see the harmony and dissonance that musicians can readily hear.
In 1913 Paris was hit by The Rite of Spring and by a volume of noise and dissonance that no human had experienced outside the field of battle.
For this reason, power chords are often used when using fuzzboxes to reduce dissonance.

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