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- What is the most dissonant chord?
- What are some dissonant chords?
- What do dissonant chords add to music?
- What is dissonance music?
What is the most dissonant chord?
The term dissonant here is used to describe the unpleasantness of the 7-chord and describing the 7-chord as the most dissonant chord in the major key means that the 7-chord is the most unpleasant chord in the major key.
What are some dissonant chords?
Unpleasing sounds
Consonant chords are, roughly speaking, made up of notes that 'sound good' together, like middle C and the G above it (an interval called a fifth). Dissonant chords are combinations that sound jarring, like middle C and the C sharp above (a minor second).
What do dissonant chords add to music?
Consonant chords sound harmonious and pleasing to western ears, while dissonant chords sound clashing and elicit a feeling of tension.
What is dissonance music?
dissonance, in music, the impression of stability and repose (consonance) in relation to the impression of tension or clash (dissonance) experienced by a listener when certain combinations of tones or notes are sounded together.
