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This one sounds quite good. Jazz is also all about dissonance too. With different periods/styles/genres using it to different effect.

“Clear Skies” and “Contemplate“ both use a pentatonic scale. In “Clear Skies“ there is technically no dissonance outside of what comes from the instruments. In “Contemplate“ I add a bit of dissonance by choosing notes outside of the scale. I have listened to some Korn, although mostly from Neil...

@Envylope they are pieces with 4 or more independent voices doing their own things. “Clear Skies“ is less complex with two layers repeating a chord/motif, while “Contemplate” has two main and two secondary voices + one voice repeating the flute’s line at a higher pitch. Each is doing their own...

@Envylope Thank you! Are you listening with or without headphones?

If you go to about 7:20 in the prelude and fugue video you might get a better view. Shostakovich was a quarter of what my music brain grew up on.

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I have already done quite a few single voice pieces.

That is the thing @Tsuru that is what sounds good to me…. The more voices, the more unique things each voice does, the better it sounds imo. Of course there are limitations to that, but dissonance often sounds pleasant to my ears, especially when it comes from clashing voices rather than a...

First fudge starts at 3 minutes, it is the least discordant of the ones in the set.

Agreed, just once I focused on the percussion layer it stood out, imo. This is the kind of layering I prefer, especially in the fugue sections: