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Dissonance

A combination of tones heard as tense or unstable, seeking resolution.

DissonanceHarmonic ratioConsonanceRatioOctaveFrequencyTuning systemMusical intervalJust intonation

At a glance

Type
structure
Disciplines 3
Music TheoryMusicCognitive Science
Mental models 0
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Role in the graph
Cross-disciplinary bridge
reaches 2 discipline lenses

Key signals

Cross-disciplinary reach
Disciplines
3
  • Music Theory
  • Music
  • Cognitive Science
Evidence & development

Dependencies

What this concept builds on and what it makes possible — derived from the atlas’s dependency, causal and structural relations, not from every related edge.

Foundations · builds on

Dissonanceemerges fromHarmonic ratioEstablished

Open Harmonic ratio →

dissonance emerges from harmonic ratio.

Mechanism: Dissonance arises when tones stand in complex, non-simple frequency ratios.

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Structural role & consequence

Interpreted from the current atlas graph — what the connections mean, not just how many there are.

  • Currently dark in the atlas: no key date stored · 2 of 2 of its relations lack claim-level evidence.

    atlas representation · Describes the current Thinking OS representation, not the state of the world.

  • Builds on 1 foundation (requires / depends-on / derived-from / emerges-from).

    structural · Structural graph analysis — not a claim of importance, causation or history.

  • Structural neighbourhood: 2 → 10 → 40 concepts reachable within 3 hops.

    structural · Structural reach — being reachable is not the same as being understood.

  • All 2 of its relationships stay within its own discipline — a field-specific concept in the current atlas.

    structural · Structural graph analysis — not a claim of importance, causation or history.

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cross-field
2 within-field, 0 cross-field

0 of 2 relations carry evidence · concept has a verified source

Strengths & constraints

Constraints

  • Evidence coverage currently thin in the atlas — few of its relationships carry claim-level evidence. atlas representation
  • No dated history stored — the atlas records no key date for this concept. atlas representation

Conditions

  • Its dependency reading rests on 1 foundation relation. structural
  • Read structurally — most of its relationships carry no external evidence yet, so claims here are graph-derived. structural

Dependency radial

What this concept builds on (left) and what it makes possible (right) — derived from dependency and causal relations.

Harmonic ratioDissonance◀ builds onenables ▶

Seen through each discipline

How this concept sits in each of its fields — derived from its real connections in the graph, not asserted.

Music Theory

Dissonance is studied in this field.

Dissonance through the Music Theory lens →

Music

Through this lens it connects to Harmonic ratio and Consonance.

Dissonance through the Music lens →

Cognitive Science

Through this lens it connects to Consonance.

Dissonance through the Cognitive Science lens →

Concepts that look related but are not yet connected here — candidates for a connection to reason about, not established links.

The scientific picture
  • Connects 2 other ideas across 3 disciplines.
  • A cross-disciplinary bridge — its connections reach into 2 other fields.
  • Most of its connections are of the “Cause & effect” kind.

Derived from the graph’s real structure — observations, not a score.

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