Dissonance is a very important part of music, without out it, music would get pretty bland. Just like you need black/white, day/night, good/evil.. You need the yin/yang to make something complete.. a dissonant note at the top of a chord, can be very beautiful..

I have discovered, when working with scales,, putting dissonant notes on the and of the beat, sometimes, giving them a shorter duration, and softer velocity, will let you get away with a lot.

Remember you jump over the dissonant notes, and rest a little longer on the consonant notes. .

Off course you could change this to make a certain musical point.. yes, dissonance is every bit as important as consonance in notes.


Mark Styles