dissonance

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈdɪsənəns/

Noun

countable uncountable

A harsh, discordant combination of sounds. / (music) Conflicting notes that are not overtones of the note or chord sounding. / A state of disagreement or conflict.

Japanese Meaning

音の調和がなく耳障りな、不協和音（音楽的な意味） / 意見や考えなどの間で生じる不一致、対立、衝突

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The composer layered dissonance beneath the melody to create a sense of unresolved tension.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

作曲家は旋律の下に不協和音を重ねて、未解決の緊張感を生み出した。

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Sense（1）

A harsh, discordant combination of sounds.

Sense（2）

(music) Conflicting notes that are not overtones of the note or chord sounding.

Sense（3）

A state of disagreement or conflict.

Sense（4）

(countable) An instance of disharmony or disjunction; a clash.

In this polyphony of images in the unconscious which is beyond and outside historical time, there are complex harmonies but no dissonances: the images do not clash, but that, of course, is an aesthetic judgment and not a scientific one.

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dissonances

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