TENSION (MUSIC)

In music, 'tension' is the perceived need for relaxation or release created by a listener's expectations. For example, dissonance may give way to consonance. Tension may also be produced through reiteration or gradual motion to a higher pitch (DeLone, ''et al.'' 1975, p.290).
See also: Conclusion (music).

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★ DeLone ''et al.'' (Eds.) (1975). ''Aspects of Twentieth-Century Music''. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall. ISBN 0-13-049346-5.