In consonance with (13), we can define the minimal delay profile deviation (MDPD) Ξ τ 2 and the minimal scale profile deviation Ξ s 2 by Ξ τ 2 = min P w s s u s ∬ P L S S U S ( τ, s ) - P w s s u s ( τ, s ) 2 d s s 2 (17) Ξ s 2 = min P w s s u s ∬ P L S S U S ( τ, s ) - P w s s u s ( τ, s ) 2 d τ (18).
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Consonance can be defined as the normal range of tone combinations accepted by theorists and composers of any given time as implying repose; dissonance, therefore, refers to any sounds outside that range.
As late as 1771 the Encyclopædia Britannica, reflecting ancient Greek usage, defined symphony merely as "…a consonance or concert of several sounds agreeable to the ear, whether vocal or instrumental, called also harmony".
For any specific multiple test procedure defined by a given graph, the consonance condition can be checked.
Musical theorists have tended to emphasize the vertical aspects of counterpoint, defining the combinations of notes that are consonances and dissonances, and prescribing where consonances and dissonances should occur in the strong and weak beats of musical metre.
One approach has used consonance curves [11] to show that the consonant harmonic scale tones are defined by small integer ratios [12], [13].
A more rigorous and classical theoretical framework for the description of the non-WSSUS channels was introduced by Matz [2], where instead of the WSSUS scattering function, the local scattering function (LSF), in consonance with the concept of time-dependent spectrum for nonstationary analysis, was defined.
