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Each register was ascribed to a distinct mode of operation of the vocal cords, and for several years the terms "chest voice" and "head voice" were held to be scientifically unsound. But with the publication of Helmholtz's Die Lehre von den Tonempfindungen in 1863, the sensations of vibration again received attention.
In the words of Helmholtz,<1> consonance is a continuous, dissonance an intermittent, tone-sensation. <1> Lehre v.d. Tonempfindungen, p. 370, in 4th edition. Aside from the fact that consonance, as a psychological fact, seems positive, while this determination is negative, two very important facts can be set up in opposition.
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