Tension Note Reference

Pick a key and mode. Select your chords in order. See exactly what to do with the two notes your pentatonic leaves out.

Select chords. Click to add in order.
Land freely Pass through / resolve Avoid sitting here
Select chords above to build your reference table.
Guidelines
SituationGuideline
Note is a chord tone (1, 3, 5)land Home. Stay as long as you want.
Note is the mode's signature intervalpass Touch it with intention. It colors the phrase. Let it resolve naturally.
Note is a tritone from the chord rootavoid High tension. Works as a color note. Resolve when it feels right.
Note is b2 of the chord rootavoid Half-step clash. That dissonance has somewhere to go. Follow it.
Note is the 4th over any major chordavoid Classic tension note. Especially the 4 over the root. The 3rd is right there waiting.
vii° (diminished) chordNo pentatonic shape. Treat as a passing moment. I or vi are close by.
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