HARMONY TENSIONS

HARMONY AT A GLANCE

In the beginning there was noise. That noise has been organized in many ways. Today, we mostly use twelve-tone equal temperament to organize the noise. 7 notes for diatonic use. 5 notes for non diatonic. Harmony Tensions' design organizes these 12 notes with the circle of fifths. Using it enharmonically, interesting patterns show up for modes as they relate to the tonic.

MODES FOR MUSIC

If you feel atonal but want to feel modal.

OUR FEATURES

It's the design that matches classic mode names with interval names that is the strongest feature. The Harmony Wheel provides harmonic context at a glance. The Never Ending Standard game is our only paid feature for the app. It is a method for musicians without any knowledge of the same standard to be able to play music together with purposeful and interesting improvising and chord progressions.

SMART ANSWERS

Improvising and losing the tonal center is a problem. Harmony Tensions uses the circle of fifths and enharmonic patterns to organize modes with intervals as related to the tonic as a solution to that problem. Harmony at a glance. This design is named the Harmony Wheel because spinning the circle of fifths conveniently shifts the tonic and related notes while keeping the set organized. This way, the information to know how to improvise while rooted in one key is available at a glance. Harmony Tensions Never Ending Standards feature is a game to allow purposeful and interesting improvisations to happen for musicians playing live instruments.