Is Dissonance Bad In Music?
Is Dissonance Bad In Music? In Western music, certain harmonic combinations sound pleasant, or “consonant,” while “dissonant” combinations are unpleasant. Composers sometimes use dissonance (for example, in jazz or the Jaws theme tune) to create emotional, textural, or other artistic effects. Why does dissonance sound bad? The common aversion to clashing harmonies seems to be