DOFTS

I never had this problem.

When writing a mostly tonal piece, and I want to break away from it, I like it view it was life.


There are people who believe that to appreciate the joy in life you must suffer. In the same way, you can consider a break away from tonality in music as the suffering per se. Instead of jumping to the next logical chord, take a break and deviate to dissonance and make the person want the next logical chord.

Writing music is a time consuming task. It's important to look at each measure you write and see what your options really are. What will happen if you keep on being tonal, what will happen if you diverge to dissonance. What if you end it now? Ask yourself these questions and brain storm the ideas that come.