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The logic that something sounds worse simply by combining dissonant notes is questionable, because music constantly combines elements—notes, chords, even differ
by okzgn 2mo ago
The logic that something sounds worse simply by combining dissonant notes is questionable, because music constantly combines elements—notes, chords, even different rhythms—without that necessarily implying displeasure for the listener. Convincing.
- pier25 2mo ago"Worse" is definitely a subjective appreciation influenced by culture and personal taste.
- okzgn 2mo agoThat's why it's questionable, because it's subjective. It would be factual to find the keys to determine what sounds "worse" across the majority of subjective opinions, independent of culture and personal taste.
- pier25 2mo agoYeah. If anyone doubts this go listen to some gamelan music and see if they can make any sense of it (harmonically speaking). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGCSrC8RN6c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGCSrC8RN6c
- dhosek 2mo agoIn the 00s, I sang in the Holy Name Cathedral choir and we did a lot of 20th/21st century choral works with harmonies that strayed very far from the classical tonal vocabulary to the point where when I was doing my own composition work, I realized that I didn’t hear dissonance any more.