A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Dissonance
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DISSONANCE is any combination of notes vhich on being sounded together produces Beats; that is, an alternate strengthening and weakening of the sound, arising from the opposition of the vibrations of either their prime tones, or their harmonics or their combination tones, which causes a painful sensation to the ear.
[ C. H. H. P. ]