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Consonance and dissonance (C/D) has been central to music theory since ancient Greece. It refers to both vertical and horizontal relationships in the musical score. On longer time scales, it refers to local and global relationships.
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Dec 1, 2022 · Consonance and dissonance (C/D) are foundational concepts in Western music. We provide an extensive review of the multidisciplinary findings on C/D perception. We highlight the conceptual and methodological shortcomings of the literature.
Oct 1, 2022 · Revealed more than two millennia ago by Pythagoras, consonance and dissonance (C/D) are foundational concepts in music theory, perception, and aesthetics. The search for the biological,...
This chapter examines a wide range of approaches to consonance/dissonance, focusing on four debates: the age-old sensus/ratio discussion, contrapuntal treatises, non-Western evidence from cognitive science, and evolutionary arguments.
Simultaneous consonance is a salient perceptual phenomenon that arises from simultaneously sounding musical tones. Conso-nant tone combinations tend to be perceived as pleasant, stable, and positively valenced; dissonant combinations tend conversely to be perceived as unpleasant, unstable, and negatively valenced.
differences is a deep puzzle that musicians, music theorists, acousticians, and psychologists have studied for centuries. Our goals are threefold. First, we aim to test whether individuals with experience in listening to Western music concur in their judgments of dissonance over many different sorts of chord, including all possible three-note
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May 26, 2020 · The contrast between consonance and dissonance is a crucial feature of Western music, and it plays a vital role in making music emotionally meaningful by providing a sense of variety and...
