dissonance
DI-suh-nens
[English]
Two or more notes sounded together which are discordant, and, in the prevailing harmonic system, require resolution to a consonance.
Also discord.
Example
Igor Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring, "Dance of the Youths and Maidens"
Arnold Schoenberg: Suite for Piano, Op. 25, I
See Also
[German] Dissonanz (f)[Italian] dissonanza (f)
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Last Updated: 2016-05-23 01:39:44