*The
following chord is probably as dissonant as one can get in music, containing
half-tones, which produce many beats inside the ear. To most people, it
offers no attraction or pleasure at all. To hear this chord, just click
on the picture of it.
I have written a passage of music [excerpt below] which
contains this chord, and I believe most people will find this same chord
(shown in red) will now sound as if it makes "sense" in the passage,
and even contains a large element of beauty and attraction here that it
did not have in isolation. It is also a chord that is common in western
classical art music, and so we are very much "used to it" just
as we are used to consonant chords.
.
Despite its common usage and our being more or less
used
to it as a "suspension" chord, it will only sound consonant in
a context, but not outside that context [unlike consonant chords which
sound consonant both alone or within a musical context].
.
To hear the passage, just click on the score shown.
