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Creating Tension

Creating Tension: Blending Consonance and Dissonance

June 20, 2023 by FMT

In the image above, the piano begins in the low-mid register with an ascending phrase using a few notes from the D Half-Whole Diminished Scale. With the sustain pedal down, one by one the notes accumulate into a harmony. The last note in the first measure (A♭) is a tritone away from the bass note … Read more

Categories Theory, Tips Tags Creating Tension, Diminished scale, Film Scoring, Suspense Harmony

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