Conventions are not rules that cannot be broken

I’ve been thinking about conventions in music. Mainly I’ve been thinking of them as they relate to tonality.

You don’t need to follow the conventions of tonality. Those conventions can be broken. If you want to write a piece of music that is purely atonal, write that piece of music. Also please send it to me because I love atonal music.

But conventions are not rules that must be followed or else something bad will happen to you. If you have a good reason and a useful reason to break them, then break them.

In terms of music I’m thinking of expressing yourself. If you need to express yourself in a way that is non-tonal or atonal then do that. Write an atonal song.

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