What are consonances and dissonances?
Music is made of continuous alternating between moments of tension and rest.
We have already mentioned how in the scale some notes have a dynamic role (dominant and leadin tone), while others have a function of rest (tonic). When overlapping sounds, we can create either a sensation of stability or of tension and thus create a harmonic interval.
Depending on the possible combinations, we are able to obtain very different sensations of hearing.
Today’s lesson includes various things:
- We will see in depth consonances and dissonances
- We will introduce an important concept, the resolution of a dissonance.
- We will learn to classify different intervals and when an interval is consonance or a dissonance
At the end of the videos you will find a pdf table classifying the consonance and dissonance intervals.
Learning material of this lesson
| 4 videos | 22 mins |
|---|---|
| 1. What consonances and dissonances are | 3m 46s |
| 2. The way to classify intervals in consonances and dissonances | 4m 56s |
| 3. Practical examples of consonances and dissonances | 6m 04s |
| 4. What is ‘resolution’ and its important consequences in studying harmony | 6m 50s |
| + 1 pdf files |
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