they just sound like a jumbled mess. I don't really get the spicy comparison tbh, but different people have different "synesthesia" (idk if that's the right word) so wtv.
to me like, salsa music sounds spicy. harmonic minor sounds spicy. but whole tone or diminished? they just sound broken or jumbled to me.
then again things that are dissonant to other people are consonant to me, like to my ears minor is more consonant than major. I often want songs in major to resolve to minor, not the other way around (which is more typical).
I guess if I were to compare dissonance to taste it'd be just like rotten. like dissonant chords "taste" like rotten or disgusting food.
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