A chord may sound consonant for various reasons.

When the last chord sounded, the audience was on its feet again, cheering wildly.

Some of his last piano works are much simpler to play, although the chords would have sounded very modern for his time.

Music students learn which chords sound nice after one another.

In the end the chord and the basses sound play a final A.

A chord sounded, seeming to come from the air before his face.

What's more, a chord of uplift sounds at the end of many episodes.

This required the members of his big band to play correctly in tune, otherwise the dense chords he wrote would not sound correct.

But that chord does not sound the death knell of record stores just yet.

Such thick chords can sound muddy if not played with precise, even attack and release.