false relation

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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

I cannot imagine how this false relation could have been dissolved more tenderly, more delicately, or more nobly.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 03 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Kuno Francke

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

From Three More John Silence Stories by Algernon Blackwood

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

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

It has put us in a false relation which was exasperating me and puzzling you.

From Mrs. Warren's Daughter A Story of the Woman's Movement by Sir Harry Hamilton Johnston