it would be easier to hear it - by playing C,F, and G at the same time, your brain will probably think “That doesn’t sound final, it needs to play another chord to be finished” That feeling of suspense is because you are hearing a suspended chord - one that doesn’t resolve, or finalize. It needs to resolve in order for our brains to feel it’s complete, so to do that we take the F and change it to an E, so C, E, and G. That’s a major chord, and it doesn’t feel suspenseful at all.
If you’re ever at a piano, plat these notes first:
Then change only the middle note and play these notes:
You can do this at this website, just hit the mark button to select the notes.
Thanks for taking the time to reply but that does nothing for my understanding unfortunately. Unless that was your meta joke.
it would be easier to hear it - by playing C,F, and G at the same time, your brain will probably think “That doesn’t sound final, it needs to play another chord to be finished” That feeling of suspense is because you are hearing a suspended chord - one that doesn’t resolve, or finalize. It needs to resolve in order for our brains to feel it’s complete, so to do that we take the F and change it to an E, so C, E, and G. That’s a major chord, and it doesn’t feel suspenseful at all.
If you’re ever at a piano, plat these notes first:
Then change only the middle note and play these notes:
You can do this at this website, just hit the mark button to select the notes.
Ahhhhh okay, thank you!!