>artist throws in a dissonant note to the melody for no reason

As long as the melody doesn't end on it I don't really see a problem

stupid fucking thread

name one song that does this

>>74522390
Quite a number of jazz songs do this actually

>>74522344
I love dissonance when it's tasteful (honestly I kind of just love dissonance in general). But it can definitely be grating if it's not done correctly. I'd have to see an example of a song you feel does this in order to judge.

for example...

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An hour and a half and no one has named or linked a song that is an example

>>74522390
Not the melody, but that one note in the bass line...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhCLalLXHP4

C'mon, that was too easy.

>>74522390
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNj9fDBpJF0
at the end

>>74522390
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzL3-uXfIz4
at 7:57 they throw in a flat scale degree 3 over a scale degree 6 which creates a momentary tritone

>>74522360
this is the best way to use dissonance though