Are simultaneously sounded semitones discordant?. Perhaps you think fourths and fifths are natural consonances because they correspond to simple pitch ratios but omit to mention the acoustic complexity of thirds and sixths in the 'common triads' of our equal-tone temperament, not to mention the tritone inside virtually every jazz chord. Perhaps you even cite the common use of semitones in horror scenes as 'proof' that semitones are 'naturally' discordant. This clip demonstrates that such assumptions are as false as they are ethnocentric because the seven women in this video are definitely having fun producing their semitone dyads and clusters for half of this harvest song. Comments in this video are by Prof Claire Levy (Sofia) and myself.
