Creating Tension and Release in Music - Music Composition

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[@Butlinsgvn6]

The way you manage to talk out loud so clearly while playing those complex chords is mesmerising Gareth - you're an exceptional musician and teacher!

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[@nanakakitano9724]

Oh my god are you just improvising those demonstrations? AND talking over the top of it explaining what you're doing? Incredible!

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[@paulcookseymmh5941]

Wow! The mans a genius,this is going to be so helpful with my song writing,so many great ideas,thanks gareth

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[@x2mars]

Yup he’s gold

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[@owenkoh4799]

I thought that this is going to be a boring, textbook like information giving video, but I actually engaged with this video and learn lots about making music more interesting 😊

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Wow, I love you. Hahaa, you just made so many things click for me. Thank you so much!

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[@maxjohn6012]

That example of harmonic tension was absolutely lovely!

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[@Voidermusic]

I had a big smile on my face when you played the last example with modulations and chromatic chords without even looking down onto the piano. I can't even imagine how much practice is required to feel this 'home' on the piano and in music theory. You're so skilled! Thanks for the great videos.

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[@AdamFBuchanan]

come on spill the beans. you actually have a trained cat off camera playing that amazing music while you talk. So amazing you play all that in what seems largely improved AND also actively discussing it while playing.

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[@TechnoRaabe]

Outstanding how you improvise complex chorales just like that!

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Years of doing it!

[@JosephusXIX]

Really nice-sounding piano-playing, even the plain examples.

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[@iwright621]

You’re most kind .I’ve found when writing I have to use these points (instinctively)to keep some kind of momentum going so a piece makes sense . rhythm & phrasing can make... or not make . Thank you Gareth . 👍

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[@davidtorazzi7650]

10:20 On the texture part, it was funny seeing how his voice slowly got drowned by the tension lol

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[@vocalizingdreams]

I love the way you teach and your persona in general. You seem very patient, kind, and compassionate - all qualities of a great teacher

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[@kunalkamble5676]

I was literally getting inside the screen on the last part hats off demonstration

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[@seanieempire4014]

Yea I am 100% guaranteed going to use each of these in my songs. Thank you!

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That’s great

[@KOSMIKFEADRECORDS]

Priceless... not what I thought tension was. Thans so much master.

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[@DodaGarcia]

Invaluable! Thank you so much for this video.

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[@valeriewhiteside4890]

Wow 🤩 I love this lesson . Especially your demonstrations of texture and harmony ❤️🎹❤️

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[@Kaytee-ct5yz]

🎼🥺🥺🥺I love the way he plays his triads

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[@J.A.Seyforth]

Víkingur Ólafsson is genius at bringing dynamics to Bach's pieces!

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[@Neuromindart]

This is underrated! Dude just flawlessly sung me a clean tutorial while also playing the tutorial on the piano in real time, unedited.. =O

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Thank you

[@Thibster]

Utterly brilliant! Thank you!!!

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[@benthepen3336]

Wow! My second music request being answered! You are quite quick to get to my ideas over there, thank you very much.😊

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[@druthadude]

this man is an OG, respect

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[@TaraanaMusicHutoxiTavadia2260]

Thank you Sir.... It is teachers like you who make life interesting. Jug Jug Jiyo. May your creed live long.

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[@amg_0302]

I have been applying a lot of your lessons to guitar and it has definitely transformed my playing. Outstanding lessons, good sir!

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[@philippgrunert8776]

The Harmony Part was brilliant

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[@charli3br0wn]

The improvisation on the harmony tip was amazing!!! I wanted it to end properly...

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[@JeiShian]

The ending progression was so beautiful and best of all it's probably improvised too☺️

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[@annahcreates]

I loved your use of examples to really prove the points you made. Thanks for another great video!

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[@mguel1978]

This is what i needed as a composer, thank you

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[@alvodin6197]

The part you played in the beginning was just gorgeous haha. I would love come up with something like that Gareth

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[@robertpien8708]

So true this all leads to a strong emotion in music that the listener can really feel i and be moved by it.this tools really help us have a strong toolbox of great ideas that we can build on ty.

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[@TCG1103]

Great teacher on youtube.Thank you.

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[@user-wn1jf7pg6x]

Sir, what you played in 5th part shows how talented you are. impressive

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[@lycagos1278]

the best teacher in the world

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[@ivvrthehomeless]

This is maybe the best music channel on KZbin, hands down. Especially for composers and musicians. Thank you for all your amazing work on here!

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[@alcyonecrucis]

Needed to learn this for my compositions! Thanks Mr. Music!

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[@idealcookie.]

I could watch and listen to you explaing how to modulate for hours, I've done it a few times but not nearly as good as what you do, which is why I'm here to learn

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[@gonzosmiscellaneous3993]

Gareth, your videos this summer are doing more than some of my years in a conservatory! Thank you so much🤗

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[@SuoniDelLoto]

Excellent musician and teacher, extremely clear and confident

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[@danielripoll73]

As always, clear concise and interesting!

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[@cheretic3963]

Great lesson, im going to practice this knownledge now. Thank you

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Excellent

[@johnmac8084]

Great lesson Gareth thanks, I love the way you demonstrate the concepts on the piano

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A pleasure. Glad it’s helpful

[@ekampreetphull9600]

Wow great playing in perfect harmony keep it up

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Thank you for this! You're a very good teacher! I've just bought your Grade1-8 courses, and can't wait to learn much more!

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[@LikeItDeep]

So well explained. Thank you.

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[@Migesteban]

Amo a este profesor

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[@ernestj.b.danquah873]

Woww!! The harmony section at the end is so beautiful. Kindly find some time to break it down into pieces for us.

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[@BrianCraig-bh1mo]

God Bless You Sir I been trying to build tension in a cinematic type of way and You have share some of those tools to get there 👍🙏

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[@pittan86]

Very very handy tips here. Thanks!

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[@gordonbooker7719]

Awesome lesson. Thank you

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[@FarisAbdulal]

An important and simple concept to talk about. And what makes it even simpler is the clarity of your womderful explanation!! That's why I ask you if you may explain the Chromatic Mediant (modulation) please. Thank you in advance!

[@MusicMattersGB]

Thank you. There are various ways of modulating to the flattened mediant in a major key but there’s no pivot chord. You can, for example when modulating from C to Eb majors, use F as a pivot note to which you can attach V7 in Eb.

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@@MusicMattersGB thank you in advance!

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[@winkgm5057]

This! Couldn’t be more useful!

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[@ezenelson3356]

Thank you sir You are a great teacher

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[@davec1]

I really appreciate how concise you are when communicating all these concepts, it's not easy and it usually indicates mastery. Great stuff, thank you for these videos!

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[@xntricity6446]

Superb tutorial, thank you very much.

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[@MihkelMacaroni]

i love how you beautifully combined all the elements of tension and release as you got towards the end, the last bit of playing was so nice to hear! im not even a piano player or listen to classical music for the most part but it was such a great demonstration that i feel like i have a better understanding of what to listen to when i tell a story through music. thank you very much for this video!

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[@urd4651]

wow.....really informative! thank you very much.

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[@caterscarrots3407]

I find that especially the dynamic tension can be opposite what you say in the video, especially when combined with rhythm. A fast paced piano dynamic is going to be more tense than a single forte chord or even a series of chords in a creschendo because the fast place + quiet dynamic gives a sense of suspense. Beethoven himself uses forte dynamics(actually, they are sforzandos, but since it is only 1 chord, it is as if he just wrote forte there) as a local point of release in his Presto Agitato of the Moonlight Sonata.

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It all depends on context.

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Thank you. Great video

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thank you for sharing.

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[@DerekLaChira]

Brilliant!

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[@iLeftism]

thank you very much!

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Thank you Sir. You're a great Man

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Thank you, Gareth. You are an amazing musician and an excellent teacher. I think I'll have a look at your courses.

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[@NickNickWaterton]

What an incredible video. I feel so inspired to try these tips out. Thank you!

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[@rezarezanaghibi]

Thank you so much. Very informative 💕💕💕

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[@bobiguitarplayer]

Inspiring!!!

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[@WRNVAN]

This is amazing. Thank you so much for sharing this!

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[@4thlord51]

How much tension and release you want in your music? Liszt: Yes!

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[@funkyYoutubehandel]

How much tension and release do you want in your music? Me: 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤯😫😫😫😫😫

[@penguinmonk7661]

Thank you so much for sharing this it was a really nice demonstration and a high quality video as a whole :3

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[@frankspears4597]

Good tips and reminder

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@@MusicMattersGB i just successfully completed my MA Professional Media Composition, not bad at 60!

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Congratulations!

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@@MusicMattersGB thankyou Gareth

[@sanjay.a1112]

A real genius sir❤️

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[@pegasovagante]

I guess harmony as a whole is largely about tension and release; e.g. ornaments can make a chord more interesting (and the melody as well): an obvious example would be appoggiatura. The style of composers such as Schubert or Rossini has an unmistakable, very personal feel partly thanks to their ways of building up tension. I think a video analyzing short examples from the Classical and Romantic repertoire, focusing mainly on harmony and maybe rythm, would be very interesting.

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That’s all true and we are gradually building a bank of such videos.

[@petermole3872]

Very Good! That encapsulates a lot of your knowledge of performance, improvisation and composition. Invaluable to those pursuing a course on The Art of Course Performance such as myself! One point though..if you listen to harpsichord music while on the M6, you don't have to keep on adjusting the playback volume! 😜

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[@luxinveritate3365]

One more type is Harmonic Rythm. Slower harmonic change is more restful and faster change is increasing tension. Lots of good tips here!

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Harmonic rhythm is certainly another factor.

[@SquidKing]

one day ill be able to improvise on the piano like you 🙏

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Keep going. You will.

[@maxfurtado]

great, thank you for sharing

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[@sitaghimire1268]

great lessons

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[@amsenthil5]

Sir, Thanks a lot.

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[@kevincopeland935]

Gareth, I'm trying to play guitar. I don't know if you know what a pentatonic scale is or not, a scale with 5 notes; in major or minor keys. 1 question I have is how to create short pieces called licks for soloing. How do you tell a story playing what you're feeling? That's 1 thing about music is playing by your feelings. What is texture on a guitar? 1 other thing to create tension is to play a non chord tone then release the tension playing a chord tone with what chord you play.

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That’s absolutely true about non chord tones and chord tones. In terms of creating licks consider the melodic shape and design, and think about choice of chords/ chord progression. Texture is about how sound is organised - thick/ thin, high/ low, chordal/ linear etc. All of this will be used to paint what you’re feeling.

[@dgates6165]

I love your videos!! Thanks so much!! I'm having trouble understanding phrases, cadences, and their application if you have any videos on that....

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We will address those subjects to amplify what we’ve already done.

[@dgates6165]

@@MusicMattersGB Thank you! I have found another of your videos where you go over a bit of it. And, it talks about going to other key centers which is EXACTLY what I'm looking for!

[@cheacher]

amazing end

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[@jayducharme]

Your demonstration for #5 is wonderful. You make it look so easy. Does, the genre of music dictate how tension and release is used? For instance, would John Cage or Philip Glass use different techniques from Brahms or Grieg? Or are your tips fairly universal?

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That’s most kind. Of course genre will affect the picture but most of the content has universal application.

[@peterclark1041]

Another great tutorial! Plus demonstrating great improvisation examples.....oh dear ..... so far me to go yet!! Thanks.

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Thank you. Keep going. It’s an engaging journey.

[@CarlosLalonde]

This was supremely useful, thanks so much!

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[@thakima1]

Wow! this is really helpful😇 Thank you so much professor👍

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[@cstaeger]

Excellent and beneficial content. I appreciate the demonstration of the various techniques. Thank you for sharing advanced music topics. 😘

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[@davidwhite2949]

Another great tutorial. Very important topic Thank you!

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[@AskeryMusic]

So impressive

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[@musicjazzvez]

Very good info. Thank you

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[@CGshurita]

magnificent

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[@alttar9520]

Lmaooo that release almost made me cry 😭

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They’re powerful

[@SteveKirkUK]

Hi Gareth, Very thought provoking as always. This is a similar question to one I've posted about your dynamics lesson but in this case about tempo; how far is the performer responsible for adding subtle tempo changes as part of the performance or is it all down to the composer? I would have thought a good performer would interprete any phrase marks as a guide to subtle accel. to the midpoint of a phrase and then a rall. to the end of the phrase back to standard tempo so it ebbs and flows a bit. Otherwise, it would sound like a robot playing the score. Surely it's not necessary to add these markings to every phrase? Or add Rubato to every score? Would it be reasonable (and maybe this is what the performer is expecting) that I only add accel. and rall. marks in particularly important places which I think are key and leave it to the performer to interprete tempo as they see fit elsewhere? Thanks Steve

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You’re absolutely correct. Indicate significant tempo changes and structural ralls etc but leave rubato/ rhythmic flexibility to the performer.

[@larspettereliassen7984]

Yes, yes, yes!!!

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