resolution

Examples

• All

• The musician creates the pattern and makes us anticipate a resolution... ...then holds back.

  Fantastic Four (2015)

• Even instrumental music can evoke yearning, drive, postponement, and resolution.

  Academic text (1999)

• We have this voice leading from A major to A flat major, which makes that resolution work there.

• Then that resolution can actually be doubled with half steps.

  Linus Tech Tips

• A musical composition progresses in time from a beginning to a final resolution.

  Academic text (1990)

• The Poulenc piece has dissonances and delayed resolutions.

  Academic text (2003)

• Can they describe the way suspensions and resolutions in Frank Erickson's "Air for Band" relate to their own experience of tension and release?

  Academic text (2009)

• The longer text disrupts the rhythm articulated in the first iteration of the chorus and delays the expected harmonic resolution.

  Academic text (2015)

• In classical music, a discordant chord typically resolves to a harmonious resolution that brings a satisfying end to the piece.

• The composer skillfully crafted a resolution that transformed the tension into a beautiful melody.

Synonyms

R

release

vsresolution

• Specialized

4 6.7

The way a note or short musical phrase is ended

describes a harmonic move from dissonance to consonance that gives closure

C

cadence

vsresolution

• Specialized

1 6.8

A sequence of chords that ends a musical phrase

describes a specific move from tense to stable chords that creates completion

Compounds

H

high-resolution

• Specialized

22 3.8

A picture or screen that shows very clear, sharp detail

L

low-resolution

• Specialized

4 4.6

Showing pictures with few details that look blocky

J

joint resolution

• Formal

3 7.2

A decision passed by both houses that becomes law when the president signs it or a veto is rejected

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology