dissonance
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Dissonance sometimes creeps into the chords, which are cushioned by a sense of wide open space that these players handle with nearly endless patience and sensitivity.
From New York Times • Dec. 10, 2015
This show commemorates the release of “Cognitive Dissonance: Part 2,” the followup to last year’s first installment, which was a worthy showcase for Simone’s ambition and universality.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 28, 2015
What's more, Lehrer republished the exact same erroneous information in "Cognitive Dissonance," published some five months later.
From Slate • Aug. 31, 2012
Dissonance has been heard in the Met's hallowed halls before�in Strauss's Elektra and Salome.
From Time Magazine Archive
NOTE: For activities that introduce these concepts to young students, please see Consonance and Dissonance Activitiesll .
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
Vocabulary lists containing dissonance
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