"root moods" in music (was k.i.s.s....and is not related to "root tones")

Gene>"Does my music have a root mood, in your view? What exactly is a "root mood"?"

   A "root mood" is a measure of tension and mood of the strongest part of a piece of music's theme that's a point of resolution.  Of course, your music has a "root mood"...but often it's not so apparent where or what that mood is because you spend so much time forming tension in between "root mood" chords and in places where the "root mood" chords can't work with the other chords.  This is part of what, I believe, makes microtonal music so hard to follow for some.

  An example...many pop songs, even more complex ones, have only two real "root mood" chords.  "root mood" meaning that at least one of the two can be played behind virtually any other chord in the song without clashing.

   Try http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MzG-gabPIE&feature=fvwrel (even though you will almost certainly consider it very elementary) :-D

   The first verse has a first chord at 10 seconds that you can keep playing EVEN when the song changes to its second main chord.  Same goes for the much lower chord at 12-13 seconds.
  There are a TON of little chords in between (6 or more by my ears...certainly more than most Ibiza-dance music), but those two fit with just about everything and the mood sort of coasts between them.  There is also a third "root mood" chord at 16 seconds that is really just a more dramatic, higher-pitched extension to the first chord.

  It seems to be a definitely pattern to me...catchy songs seem to get a lot of tonal moods and dissonance/complexity in, but still have a few chords/moods/themes that can always be played under everything else as a background.  So you get both a raw sense of simplicity/predictability in listening and at least some pleasure of complex/varied emotions at the same time.