Dissonance melts down performance like a heat wave in the Arctic. Consonance or synchronicity within performance evolves if and only if our cross-brain integration processes refine and eventually ...

Dissonance and harmony might seem straightforward, but a deep dive into the physics reveals their delightful complexity ...

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Major-minor and consonance-dissonance are two profound elements of Western tonal music, and have strong affective connotations for Western listeners. This review summarizes recent evidence on the ...

Before the piece began, Lai gave a mini music theory lesson expanding on the idea that only consonance and dissonance can create tension. Staccato, phrase length and many other techniques can ...

ACCORDING to Helmholtz's well-known theory1, the consonance or dissonance of a chord depends on the extent to which its component fundamental tones and their overtones produce beats. Even a ...

Harmonies hoverbetween consonance and dissonance, paradise and oblivion. Rhythms are irregular and overlapping, so that the music floats above the beat. Simple figures repeat for a long time, then ...

In a career that spans more than three decades, he has developed a unique language for the guitar, one that flickers between consonance and dissonance; his hooks are barbs bent at odd angles, his ...