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false relation

British

noun

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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Does this not strike you as a good case of false relation?

From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 by Darwin, Francis, Sir

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 Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)

The medical profession holds a most false relation to society.

From The Royal Road to Health by Tyrrell, Charles Alfred

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 Wilson, Christopher

As for our former experience, we were in a false relation, and it made fools of us both.

From Lady Rose's Daughter by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

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