consonance

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"When we use instruments like the bonang, Pythagoras's special numbers go out the window and we encounter entirely new patterns of consonance and dissonance," Dr Harrison said.

From Science Daily • Feb. 27, 2024

But midway through, breakneck dissonant lines burst out; when consonance returns, it seems far more fragile.

From New York Times • Apr. 28, 2023

This dark consonance was never more clear than on Oct.

From Slate • Oct. 31, 2020

For example, can pharmaceutical products from India, which are in consonance with Indian and the receiving country’s laws, be seized in transit in Europe if they violate the EU’s patent laws?

From Salon • Jul. 21, 2019

Moving from a dissonance to the consonance that is expected to follow it is called resolution, or resolving the dissonance.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones