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published: 2025-07-18
created: 2025-08-13
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![](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCsl6ZcY9ag)  

Thanks to the Acoustical Society of America for sponsoring this video! Start your career in acoustics today with the ASA career toolkit: https://exploresound.org/acoustics-careers/  
  
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And check out my friend Aatish’s interactive website here: https://aatishb.com/dissonance/  
  
Further watching:  
\- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Hqm0dYKUx4  
\- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spUNpyF58BY  
  
References used for this video:  
\- Tuning, Timbre, Spectrum, Scale by W. Sethares, 2nd Ed. 2004  
\- Tonal Consonance and Critical Bandwidth by R. Plomp & W. Levelt, 1965  
\- Auditory Patterns by H. Fletcher, 1940  
\- On The Sensations Of Tone by H. Helmholtz, 1875  
\- https://www.pharmacy180.com/article/sense-of-hearing-3587/  
\- https://www.sfu.ca/sonic-studio-webdav/handbook/Consonance.html  
\- https://sethares.engr.wisc.edu/consemi.html#anchor149613  
\- ​​http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/Music/cirmem  
\- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano\_acoustics  
  
Link to Patreon Supporters: http://www.minutephysics.com/supporters/  
  
MinutePhysics provides an energetic and entertaining view of old and new problems in physics - all in a minute!  
  
Created by Henry Reich  
Produced by Joshua Chawner  
  
00:00 - Intro  
01:57 - Contents  
02:13 - 1) Dissonance of Pure Sine Waves  
07:42 - 2) Dissonance of Notes with Overtones  
11:28 - 3) Dissonance and Scales  
15:29 - 3.5) Is any of this true??  
19:06 - 4) Dissonance in Chords  
22:36 - Conclusion  
24:15 - Sponsorship from ASA  
25:03 - 5) Caveats and T-shirt!