Why are some musical chords so inherently pleasing while others sound so obviously dissonant? A study of a group of people with the genetic condition amusia, which causes sufferers to incorrectly ...

The Tsimane, unfamiliar with harmonic composition, did not recognize this chord as more viable than its dissonant counterparts. The reason, McDermott found, are these harmonies.

Jimmy Page often employed dissonant chords with Led Zep and you can, too. You don't even need to know the name of the chord ...

What do you mean we're not in tune? There’s no such thing as a nasty-sounding chord: it all depends on what you’re used to. That’s the suggestion from a study of more than 160 people from ...

Dissonant chords are combinations that sound jarring, like middle C and the C sharp above (a minor second). The reason why we should like one but not the other has long vexed both musicians and ...

Johnny Cash's Hurt hits way different in A Major, as much so as Ring of Fire in G Minor. The dissonance in tone between the chords is, ahem, a minor one: simply the third note lowered to a flat ...