2026-02-02

music appreciation notes

MUS1020: Music Appreciation

• Instrumentation (music)

• overtones

• plot tension vs. time

  • much of music follows the tension vs. time formula used in all other kinds of art: tension builds up until a bit before the end (climax) then goes down a bit. roughly hero's journey esque.

  • but not all music! consider background music, ambient music, etc. not tense at all

• musictheory.net