Look up: consonance

1. Consonance
   In music consonance is accord or agreement of sounds produced simultaneously, as a note with its third, fifth, and eighth.
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2. consonance
   pitches that sound good together. During the period before 1200, the fourth, fifth and octave were consonant, while thirds and sixths as well as seconds and sevenths were dissonant and had to be handled carefully. In the later Middle Ages and Renaissance, the third and sixth came to be considered consonant. Antonym: dissonance.
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3. Consonance
   The effect created when words share the same stressed consonant sounds but where the vowels differ. Single consonance occurs when two words share one set of consonants e.g. 'brick' and 'clock' which share a 'ck'. Double consonance occurs when two words share all the same consonants e.g. in 'black' a...
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4. consonance
   [n] - the repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words 2. [n] - the property of sounding harmonious
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5. Consonance
   Two or more sounds that, when heard together, sound pleasant.
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6. consonance
   consonant rhyme noun the repetition of consonants (or consonant patterns) especially at the ends of words
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7. consonance
   noun the property of sounding harmonious
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8. Consonance
   • (n.) Alt. of Consonancy
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9. consonance
   the recurrence or repetition of identical or similar consonants; specifically the correspondence of end or intermediate consonants unaccompanied by ... [1 related articles]
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10. consonance
    sometimes just a resemblance in sound between two words, or an initial or head rhyme like alliteration, but also refined to mean shared consonants, whether in sequence ('bud' and 'bad') or reversed ('bud' and 'dab').
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11. consonance
    The identity of consonants in two or more words.
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12. consonance
    In music, a combination of two or more notes that `agree` with each other (due to their relationship within the naturally occurring harmonic series) and thus sound pleasing to the ear. It is the opposite of dissonance
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