unresolved
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7.7
- adjective
- /ˌʌnrɪˈzɑlvd/
- Specialized
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sin resolución
- The development of rich, complex problems, such as those she hopes will emerge from the students' responses to Copland's arrangement of Simple Gifts, is left unresolved at the close of the lesson.
Examples
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Yet now the motif is weakened and halting, and it leads to quizzical, unresolved harmonies.
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The ending was completely unresolved.
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Well, have you thought of maybe creating unresolved harmony at the end of the musical line?
Academic text (2013) -
The others almost demand that we read the one following because there are things left deliberately unresolved.
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She led us up dark stairs, and we emerged into an unresolved April morning.
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In this painting of Peapod, the feline, and Bella, the Bernie, the structural composition is pretty well decided, but the color composition is still unresolved and the painting is still very much in progress.
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The final notes of the piece create an unresolved feeling that leaves the audience in suspense.
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The composer intentionally left the last chord unresolved to evoke a sense of longing.
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In the symphony, the unresolved harmony builds tension, drawing listeners into the emotional complexity.
Synonyms
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7.3
A combination of musical notes that sounds harsh and unsettled
Making a harsh, clashing sound
Antonyms
How Resolved
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unresolved comes from the parts un- meaning 'not' and resolve, and in music resolve means to move a chord to a calm, 'finished' sound. So an unresolved chord keeps tension and feels 'unfinished'.