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Consonance may be regarded as the counterpart to the vowel-sound repetition known as assonance. Alliteration is a special case of consonance where the repeated consonant sound is at the stressed syllable, [2] as in "few flocked to the fight" or "around the rugged rock the ragged rascal ran". Alliteration is usually distinguished from other ...
The opposition between consonance and dissonance can be made in different contexts: In acoustics or psychophysiology, the distinction may be objective.In modern times, it usually is based on the perception of harmonic partials of the sounds considered, to such an extent that the distinction really holds only in the case of harmonic sounds (i.e. sounds with harmonic partials).
Replacement Backronym: a phrase back-formed from an existing initialism or acronym that is originally an abbreviation with another meaning; Anagram: rearranging the letters of a word or phrase to produce a new word or phrase Ambigram: a word which can be read just as well mirrored or upside down
Lullaby by François Nicholas Riss []. A lullaby (/ ˈ l ʌ l ə b aɪ /), or a cradle song, is a soothing song or piece of music that is usually played for (or sung to) children (for adults see music and sleep).
Assonance is the repetition of identical or similar phonemes in words or syllables that occur close together, either in terms of their vowel phonemes (e.g., lean green meat) or their consonant phonemes (e.g., Kip keeps capes ). [1]
Consonance is a broader literary device involving the repetition of consonant sounds at any point in a word (for example, coming home, hot foot). [24] Alliteration can then be seen as a special case of consonance where the repeated consonant sound opens the stressed syllable. [25]
Pages in category "Consonance and dissonance" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Resolution in Western tonal music theory is the move of a note or chord from dissonance (an unstable sound) to a consonance (a more final or stable sounding one). Dissonance, resolution, and suspense can be used to create musical interest.