Reharmonization simplified

Check out this funny little picture I made using “The Simpsomaker“:
Although the character in the foreground is the same in every panel, the backgrounds change, evoking different stories in our minds.
We can do the same thing in music through a process called reharmonization. We leave our melody intact (like the dude in the above picture) and [...]

Music has teeth! (Dissonance in music)

Dissonance is the spice of music. Like most spices, it tastes bad just by itself, but can be used to add zest and flavor to a recipe.
Simply, dissonance is two or more notes that sound wrong when played together. Play any two adjacent keys on a piano simultaneously and you’ll know what I mean. Here [...]