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Definitions of consonance in various dictionaries:
noun - the repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words
noun - the property of sounding harmonious
Agreement; harmony; accord.
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Possible Crossword Clues |
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Agreement; harmony |
Correspondence with letters reported |
Last Seen in these Crosswords & Puzzles |
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May 4 2009 The Times - Concise |
Dec 9 1999 The Guardian - Cryptic crossword |
Possible Dictionary Clues |
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agreement or compatibility between opinions or actions. |
Agreement or compatibility between opinions or actions. |
the property of sounding harmonious |
the repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words |
a combination of sounds or musical notes that are pleasant when heard together |
a situation in which people are peaceful and agree with each other, or when things seem right or suitable together: |
Agreement harmony accord. |
Close correspondence of sounds. |
The repetition of consonants or of a consonant pattern, especially at the ends of words, as in blank and think or strong and string. |
Music A simultaneous combination of sounds not requiring resolution to another combination of sounds for finality of effect and conventionally regarded as harmonious or pleasing. |
Consonance might refer to |
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In music, Consonance and dissonance are categorizations of simultaneous or successive sounds. Consonance is associated with sweetness, pleasantness, and acceptability; dissonance is associated with harshness, unpleasantness, or unacceptability. * The terms form a structural dichotomy in which they define each other by mutual exclusion: a consonance is what is not dissonant, and a dissonance is what is not consonant. However, a finer consideration shows that the distinction forms a gradation, from the most consonant to the most dissonant. As Hindemith stressed, "The two concepts have never been completely explained, and for a thousand years the definitions have varied" (Hindemith 1942, p. 85). * The opposition 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 harmoni |