false relation

British  

noun

1. Also called (esp US): cross relation. music a harmonic clash that occurs when a note in one part sounds simultaneously with or immediately before or after its chromatically altered (sharpened or flattened) equivalent appearing in another part

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false relation

The persistent use of the idiom of "false relation" throughout the whole piece gives it a curious interest; and the contrapuntal and harmonic devices are also quite elaborate.

From Shakespeare and Music by Christopher Wilson

Under a triforium, in blind, is a sculptured drapery; again a feature more pagan than Christian, but which is here more pleasing than when usually found in such a false relation.

From The Cathedrals of Southern France by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield

It made all our explanations seem childish and untrue; the false relation was instantly exposed.

From Three More John Silence Stories by Algernon Blackwood

Moreover," he continued, after a moment's thought, "you are drifting into a false relation with Arnault, although you may not be conscious of it.

From A Young Girl's Wooing by Edward Payson Roe

But here came in that fatal heathen prejudice, which put him in a false relation to all the living powers of his time, and led directly even to his military disaster in Assyria.

From The Arian Controversy by Henry Melvill Gwatkin

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