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Dissonance Music N Musical Discord Mingling Inharmonious Sounds

Front dissonance
Back (n.) musical discord; a mingling of inharmonious sounds; nonmusical; disagreement; lack of harmony;
Much twentieth-century music is not liked by classical music lovers because of the dissonance it holds and the harmonies it lacks.
The dissonance of his composition makes for some rough listening.

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