Music theory and mistakes in improvisation


The concept is very simple (concepts are very simple and obvious in theory but difficult to practice) :

You can play or compose nay notes you want, the important thing is "sounding" well.

Absolute wrong notes do not exist, that is a note, which does not combine with any chord, does not exist: a note becomes wrong, that is it does not "sound good", if it is a NOT solved tension or dissonance.

You can sometimes violate rules and play "wrong" notes if they sound good in jazz improvisation and in a musical composition. However, pay attention to these "dangerous" notes for ears and for chordal and tonal barycentre.


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In music there are not right notes or wrong notes: there are tension not solved or too much dissonances. Good music is a balance between tension and rest. Music theory and harmony is a way to understand the meaning of music, if you know them you can play and compose very easily. According to music theory and harmony, melody is a balance between tensions and resolutions, dissonances and consonances, energy and rest. Melody lines must be harmonic, symmetric, and balanced.