be consonant
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“You can make opera with full orchestra and singers, and have it be consonant, have it be humble — and have tunes!” she says.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2022
It seems to be consonant with the cross-party view that has prevailed for decades now, that we should be strengthening workers’ rights in this country ...
From The Guardian • Jan. 10, 2019
But the Vatican said last week in a statement that “it may emerge that choices were taken that would not be consonant with a contemporary approach to such issues.”
From Washington Post • Oct. 13, 2018
The Vatican said it was aware that such an investigation may produce evidence "that choices were taken that would not be consonant with a contemporary approach to such issues."
From Fox News • Oct. 6, 2018
The minor seventh, and the major and minor ninth of a chord, may be used freely on any but the first quarter, but must be consonant with the other part.
From A Treatise on Simple Counterpoint in Forty Lessons by Lehmann, Friedrich Johann
