dissonant chords

What Is A Dissonant Sound?

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What Is A Dissonant Sound? Dissonance is the term used to describe musical sounds that build tension. … Dissonant intervals include the major and minor second, the major and minor seventh, as well as tritones (any interval of three adjacent whole tones) and certain augmented or diminished intervals. What does dissonant sound mean? The word

Are Augmented Intervals Dissonant?

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Are Augmented Intervals Dissonant? Are augmented intervals dissonant? All augmented and diminished intervals are considered dissonant. The interval C-E# is only equivalent to C-F in a tempered scale (particularly the equal-temperament that most keyboards now use.) Are augmented and diminished intervals dissonant? Over the centuries opinion has varied as to what is considered discordant, but