dissonance

Well, that is a conundrum that Mrs. Waters, in the interest of avoiding confrontation with her life’s cognitive dissonance, should probably learn to live with.

From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026

And she goes further, delivering the word “sorry” with oddly pleasing dissonance at one point and, at another, extending the word “no” to suggest both desperation and humor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026

As if this wasn’t ominous enough, the latest BofA Securities fund-manager’s survey shows that Wall Street is, once again, experiencing severe cognitive dissonance: It is simultaneously worried about the market, but afraid to sell.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 14, 2026

There might be a small touch of some discomfort or dissonance or awkwardness or absurdity or something.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026

Of course, if there are problems with tuning, the notes will not sound good together, but this is not what consonance and dissonance are about.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

The man who created “The Rite of Spring”—a ballet whose pounding dissonances and unconventional rhythms caused pandemonium at its 1913 Paris premiere—now insisted that the bolder the creative ambition, the tighter the frame must be.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026

The group’s albums were much admired for their mixture of classical and blues elements, along with screaming dissonances from Robin Trower’s guitar, a searing backdrop from Matthew Fisher’s organ and the terse precision of B.J.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 29, 2023

He came closest to surprising in the cadenza he created for the first movement, which had ruminative dissonances and lively string crossings.

From New York Times ● Nov. 25, 2021

Everything about it, from the spare, enveloping details of Grant Major’s production design to the nerve-shredding dissonances of Jonny Greenwood’s score, directs our focus inward.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 16, 2021

The king had his court musicians, one of whom was Bach’s son Carl Philipp Emanuel, devise a tune specially, one they mischievously knew was practically impossible to turn into a fugue without creating horrible dissonances.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall