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Tension and release

tension et détente

Worked through in 1 video · 2 passages.

Series · 3 Dec 2020Musicosophy 2. From Lévi-Strauss to Nerval on music

21:22Tension and release lie at the border of nature and culture: breathing, systole and diastole.
1:31:54Moving away from the tonic creates tension, returning to it release; a good composer knows how to alternate the two.