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What does dissonant mean?

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Adjective
  1. Of or pertaining to dissonance.
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He is, of course, also drawn to printed textiles and to the way you can juxtapose apparently dissonant colours to create new harmonies.
Both compositions are quite dissonant and require careful reading of many accidentals.
What struck me for the first time was the relationship of this style with the style of jazz known as bebop, spurts of dissonant, jagged sound.
They're uncomfortable, and sometimes dissonant, but mostly they're strangely fun, which makes all these other qualities more bearable.
The simplicity reminds one of a nursery rhyme, but the melodies and chords are dissonant, insidious.
The drinkers perform a comedic caterwaul while the folk singers create a dissonant background to the absurdity.

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