Originally Posted By: MusicStudent
One mans dissonance is another mans spice.
Or one person's discord is anothers tension.

It's tension and release that add the file to music. For some, the more tension the better, for others and discord at all is unpleasant.

There is a saying, which may help, that no "wrong" note is more than a semitone away from a "right" note.

But as MusicStudent says, RealTracks are one persons approach to that blend of tension and release. If the blend doesn't suit your wants, you may need to change the RealTrack, or you may just be able to calm it down with a calmer chord. Perhaps G instead of G7 or G9 or Gsus4. The problem with doing that too much is that, to many listeners, the sound just becomes boring. It's usually the tension, the dissonance, that gives the zing and makes us go "wow".


Jazz relative beginner, starting at a much older age than was helpful.
AVL:MXE Linux; Windows 11
BIAB2025 Audiophile, a bunch of other software.
Kawai MP6, Ui24R, Focusrite Saffire Pro40 and Scarletts
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