As he progressed, the intensity mounted, along with the harmonic tension.

Did the delays caused by Wagner's chromaticism attenuate that harmonic tension?

Its first two movements are spiky, episodic and full of a harmonic tension that throws sparks in every direction.

Wagner explodes with harmonic tension; Mahler shifts scenes nervously.

In musical composition, harmonic tension behaves as a structural dynamic when it seeks resolution.

Modulations and sections of harmonic tension and resolution can be introduced in this manner, adding interest and variation to the music.

The stretched-out passions in the ballade and the polonaise, with their escalating harmonic tensions, were identified but not exploited.

The second theme has harmonic tension.

Four continuous sections stretch out at Brucknerian length, congested at times by extreme harmonic tension.

Kirkpatrick understands the hierarchy of levels in these pieces, from ornaments to long-range harmonic tensions.