Examples of 'dissonant' in a sentence
Meaning of "dissonant"
dissonant (adjective) - lacking harmony or agreement. This term is commonly used in music theory to describe a lack of harmony between musical notes or in general to describe a lack of agreement or consistency
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- Exhibiting dissonance; not agreeing or harmonizing.
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All others are dissonant to greater or lesser degree.
The major ninth is somewhat dissonant in sound.
The most dissonant instrument in the world.
The harmonies grew more cruelly dissonant.
Those sad and dissonant harmonies are killing me.
Contemporary classical music is often very dissonant.
Examine what appears dissonant in your life.
All augmented and diminished intervals are dissonant.
I have a slightly dissonant view on this book.
Timbre creates responses that are consonant or dissonant.
Seventh chords are more dissonant than triads.
Removes dissonant excessively woody notes.
You know what the word is dissonant.
Any dissonant noises are treachery and have to be silenced.
The two lines create a dissonant image.
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But it has the dissonant attraction of something ventured.
Distant piano plays dissonant music.
Many dissonant intervals permeate the transparent texture.
It sounds like a dissonant parting ceremony.
Dissonant harmonies capture powerful emotions.
There was that dissonant guitar playing.
Dissonant elements that require order.
It was also more dissonant than typical of his style.
Dissonant voices are increasingly heard in the independence area.
Powerviolence is a raw and dissonant subgenre of hardcore punk.
The dissonant voices are rejected at the first opportunity.
Some of this seems to be dissonant to our contemporary ears.
A dissonant chord is followed by a consonant chord.
At first it was really dissonant and noisy.
Dissonant intervals seem to clash.
Electronic music plays in dissonant tones.
The most dissonant instrument ever.
Fashionable harmonies from dissonant courts.
There is a dissonant reading to all this.
Apparently chimpanzees prefer consonant music to dissonant music.
So a tritone is the most dissonant sound you could imagine.
They like to listen to consonant melodies instead of dissonant melodies.
The sad lyrics are dissonant with the cheerful melody.
The piece starts out with an ascending dissonant scale.
Tatum frequently used dissonant major and minor seconds.
They will only grow louder and more dissonant.
They enjoy dissonant intervals.
Dissonant piano playing.
Even if the sounds are dissonant from time to time.
Dissonant chord progression.
Into an eerie dissonant lyricism.
Dissonant music plays.
I hear you are responsible for that dissonant clamouring outside.
Dissonant chords jangling.
Those are known as dissonant chords.
