consonance
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Not that his films are inconsistent in style – Thomas Anderson is very much an auteur in the classical mold, and there are multiple consonances between his films in both style and theme.
From Salon • Mar. 19, 2022
The formal consonances between the works, made 60 years apart, are clear.
From The Guardian • Oct. 16, 2019
He opened Beethoven's "Tempest" Sonata by using the pedal to blend arpeggiated individual pitches into clusters of ever-morphing consonances and dissonances, as if the piano had somehow become an electronic instrument.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2015
The music channels Mr. Moore’s fascination with overtones toward a meditative glow; while some of the chords resemble Sonic Youth songs, the dissonances don’t bristle as much here, and the consonances drone and soothe.
From New York Times • May 25, 2011
Chords built only of consonances sound pleasant and "stable"; you can listen to one for a long time without feeling that the music needs to change to a different chord.
From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones
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