This includes the way places such as meeting halls, classrooms or an outdoor field reinforce, absorb and reflect sound. Students can explore the many ways acoustics can be changed. For example, a student could play a drum in an empty closet and then again when it is full of clothing. Tension and Resolution Tension can be created in music through the use of many different elements. For example, a building of dynamics, a rising of a melodic line or the use of more dissonant harmony could all lead to an increase in tension.
Resolution is a common occurrence after the building of tension.
This involves the manipulation of the elements to create a sense of release or relaxation. Resolution might be created by a change in dynamics, a change in height of melody, or movement from a dissonant to consonant harmony. In many forms of music, tension builds to a climatic peak and is followed by a brief concluding resolution to finish the work. Transitional material might foreshadow material that will be forthcoming or include the changing of the tonality from major to minor. Transitions might be subtle and difficult to initially notice or very prominent in order to attract attention.