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Tonality flux

Okay kiddo, imagine you have a bunch of different crayons, each one a different color. Now think about a picture you want to draw - maybe a sunny day at the beach, with the ocean and the sand and the sky.

When you start drawing, you might choose some blue crayons to make the ocean, and some yellow crayons to make the sun, and some brown crayons to make the sand. But as you keep drawing, you might decide you want to add some more colors - maybe some green for the grass, or some pink for a beach umbrella.

And as you add these new colors, your picture starts to change. It's still a sunny day at the beach, but now it has more details and more colors than before. This is kind of like tonality flux in music.

Tonality is a fancy word for the way that music uses different notes and chords to create different feelings. Like how a sad song might use minor chords, and a happy song might use major chords.

But sometimes in music, the tonality can change. It's like adding new colors to your picture - the music still has the same overall feeling, but it has more details and more layers. This is tonality flux.

So imagine you're listening to a song that starts off feeling happy and upbeat, with lots of major chords. But then, halfway through the song, the chords start to shift and change, maybe to some minor chords or some more complex chords. This is tonality flux - the music is still the same song, but it has more complexity and more emotional depth.

Does that make sense, kiddo? Tonality flux is like adding new colors to your musical picture, to create a more complete and interesting piece of music.
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