Consonant and Dissonant¶
In the Hevner’s summary in the book “Handbook of Music and Emotion: Theory, Research, Applications”, there is a row called “Harmony”. This attribute has 2 values. They are “simple” and “complex”.
I regard “simple” as “Consonant” while “complex” as “Disconnant”. I have included the reason in this page.
Video¶
The following videos explain what consonant and dissonant are. For persons like me that have not received formal music theory training, they can still hear the difference between two.
Consonant vs Dissonant Intervals - ear training
Consonant and Dissonant Music
Music 133 - Consonance and Dissonance 1
Consonant intervals (Higher the order is, the greater rhe consonant is): Unison, Octave, perfect fifth (i.e. 7 semitones), perfect forth (It is the inversion of perfect fifth), major third, major sixth, minor third, minor sixth
Text¶
Basic¶
- 5.3. Consonance and Dissonance
- It lists out the Consonant Intervals and Dissonant Intervals (i.e. Figure 5.26 and Figure 5.27).
- Consonance and Dissonance
- It gives a continue list from most consonant to most dissonant.
- Consonance and Dissonance
- It gives a bried introduction of Consonance and Dissonance.
Advance¶
- Consonance and Dissonance
- It introduces Consonance and Dissonance in physics perspective.
- I read in a music theory book about which intervals are consonant/dissonant in atonal music. Can anyone help?
- It introduces a scale called “Paul Hindemith”. He ordered intervals from most consonant (unison) to most dissonant (tritone).
- Why dissonant music strikes the wrong chord in the brain
- It explains why dissonant music is unpleasant.
- Schenker’s Theory of Counterpoint (cont.)
- It explains Consonance and Dissonance by Schenker’s Theory.
Additional¶
- p.384 of Handbook of Music and Emotion: Theory, Research, Applications
- It said Simple refers to Consonant while Complex refers to Dissonant.
- What’s the difference between harmony and polyphony?
- It said that harmony can also refer to the “horizontal” relationships between successive vertical relationships of pitches.