Tension and Tonic?

Question

It is widely known that music "wants" to be resolved on the tonic. But does it mean that I can end with the tonic, let's say, one/two octaves higher or lower than the whole melody that is being played? Or does it have to be in the "borders" of the whole piece? Can you, for example, resolve a Gmaj chord with Cmaj, but going up in pitch? It seems to me that it always go down in the pitch when resolving. Also, can you build tension going down in pitch, instead of up?

Answer 1

Hi, it is true most of the time but not always. A tune could be resolved on IV or vi as well. Say we are in key of C, often the resolution is a C Major chord, but it can end on F or the relative minor of C which is Amin. There are ton of different scenarios as well.