Tension (music)

In music, tension is the anticipation music creates in a listener's mind for relaxation or release. For example, tension may be produced through reiteration, increase in dynamic level, gradual motion to a higher or lower pitch, or (partial) syncopations between consonance and dissonance.^[1]

Experiments in music perception have explored perceived tension in music ^[2] and perceived emotional intensity.^[3]^[4]

The balance between tension and repose are explored in musical analysis—determined by contrasts that are, "...of great interest to the style analyst," and can be analyzed in several, even conflicting layers—as different musical elements such as harmony may create different levels of tension than rhythm and melody.^[5]

References

↑ Kliewer, Vernon (1975). "Melody: Linear Aspects of Twentieth-Century Music", Aspects of Twentieth-Century Music, p. 290. Wittlich, Gary (ed.). Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall. ISBN 0-13-049346-5.
↑ Fredrickson, W. E. (1999). "Effect of Musical Performance on Perception of Tension in Gustav Holst's First Suite in E-flat", Journal of Research in Music Education, 47(1), 44–52.
↑ Brittin, R. V., & Duke, R. A. (1997). "Continuous versus Summative Evaluations of Musical Intensity: A Comparison of Two Methods for Measuring Overall Effect", International Journal of Research in Music Education, 45(2), 245–258.
↑ Sloboda, J. A., & Lehmann, A. C. (2001). "Tracking Performance Correlates of Changes in Perceived Intensity of Emotion During Different Interpretations of a Chopin Piano Prelude", Music Perception, 19(1), 87–120.
↑ White, John D. (1976). The Analysis of Music, p.15. ISBN 0-13-033233-X.

Consonance and dissonance

Argument Avoid note Beating Cadence Chord Interval Nonchord tone Cambiata Changing tones Pedal point Preparation Resolution Musical note Spectra

Consonances	Unison Minor third Major third Perfect fourth Perfect fifth Minor sixth Major sixth Octave

Dissonances	Minor second Major second Tritone Minor seventh Major seventh

List of musical intervals

Musical form and development

Arch form Argument Ausmultiplikation Bar form Binary form Call and response Cell Coda Conclusion Cycle Cyclic form Developing variation Drop Exposition Finale Formula composition Hook Introduction Lick Motif Movement Overture Period Recapitulation Repetition Reprise Rondo Rondò Section Sonata form Sonata rondo form Song structure (popular music) Strophic form Ternary form Theme Thirty-two-bar form Through-composed Transition Variation Verse–chorus form

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Tension (music)

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