Resolving Tension — When Sound Wants to Come Home
Chapter V — Tritone, Tension, Tonic
Hearing the Pull Toward Home
The tritone is one of music’s strongest sounds of tension.
It presses forward.
When it resolves, the tonic feels like arrival
Stepping into Jazz: The Tritone
Hear the Pull — See the Resolution
Listen first. Then follow the inner voices as the tritone finds its way home.