Tension

[Composer Of Notes]

So “Tension” seems to be a common word in briefs these days. As a composer I’ve leaned towards the musical definition of tension as harmonic tension. Sometimes that is what they want but listening to some of the examples I hear no harmonic tension at all. So I think sometimes they just want something that builds dynamically without harmonic tension. Thoughts?

[Musicmatters]

You could also have melodic tension by using repeated motifs or unusual scales or you can think of rhythmic tension (repeated rhythmic figures)

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