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  2. Consonance and dissonance - Wikipedia

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    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).

  3. Glossary of poetry terms - Wikipedia

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    Consonance: the repetition of identical or similar consonants in neighboring words whose vowel sounds are different Alliteration: the repetition of initial stressed, consonant sounds in a series of words within a phrase or verse line. [1] Cross rhyme

  4. Literary consonance - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  5. Assonance - Wikipedia

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    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]

  6. Resolution (music) - Wikipedia

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    Dominant seventh tritone "strict resolution" (in C): a dissonance of a d5 resolves stepwise inwards to a consonance of a M3 or its inversion, a dissonance of an A4, resolves stepwise outwards to a consonance of a m6. [1] Play inward ⓘ or outward ⓘ Regular resolution in F major Play ⓘ. One common tone, two notes move by half step motion ...

  7. Harmony - Wikipedia

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    Harmonization usually sounds pleasant when there is a balance between consonance and dissonance. This occurs when there is a balance between "tense" and "relaxed" moments. Dissonance is an important part of harmony when it can be resolved and contribute to the composition of music as a whole.

  8. Category:Consonance and dissonance - Wikipedia

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    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. ...

  9. Thesaurus - Wikipedia

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    A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms, sometimes simply as lists of synonyms and antonyms.