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Just as a mixing engineer learns to identify problematic frequencies through experience, a listener's ear can become attuned to complex intervals and dissonant chords with repeated listening.
By immersing oneself in diverse musical styles—modal music, clusters, jazz, or contrapuntal compositions—listeners gradually normalize and even appreciate sounds that initially seemed jarring.
This process highlights that our perception of musical dissonance is not fixed but fluid, shaped significantly by familiarity and contextual understanding.