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  2. Literary consonance - Wikipedia

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    Consonance is a form of rhyme involving the repetition of identical or similar consonants in neighboring words whose vowel sounds are different (e.g., coming home, hot foot). [1] Consonance may be regarded as the counterpart to the vowel-sound repetition known as assonance .

  3. Consonance and dissonance - Wikipedia

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    In music, consonance and dissonance are categorizations of simultaneous or successive sounds.Within the Western tradition, some listeners associate consonance with sweetness, pleasantness, and acceptability, and dissonance with harshness, unpleasantness, or unacceptability, although there is broad acknowledgement that this depends also on familiarity and musical expertise. [1]

  4. An Introduction to Rhyme - Wikipedia

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    Consonance rhyme. Dale identifies the following types of Consonance rhyme: Head rhyme (example: leaves / lance) Final consonance also known as Half rhyme (example ...

  5. Assonance - Wikipedia

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    Assonance is the repetition of identical or similar phonemes in words or syllables that occur close together, either in terms of their vowel phonemes (e.g., lean green meat) or their consonant phonemes (e.g., Kip keeps capes ). [1]

  6. Category:Consonance and dissonance - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Consonance and dissonance" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...

  7. Consonant - Wikipedia

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    In articulatory phonetics, a consonant is a speech sound that is articulated with complete or partial closure of the vocal tract, except for the h sound, which is pronounced without any stricture in the vocal tract.

  8. Resolution (music) - Wikipedia

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    Resolution in Western tonal music theory is the move of a note or chord from dissonance (an unstable sound) to a consonance (a more final or stable sounding one). Dissonance, resolution, and suspense can be used to create musical interest.

  9. Major third - Wikipedia

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    The major third is classed as an imperfect consonance and is considered one of the most consonant intervals after the unison, octave, perfect fifth, and perfect fourth.In the common practice period, thirds were considered interesting and dynamic consonances along with their inverses the sixths, but in medieval times they were considered dissonances unusable in a stable final sonority.