Because sometimes you need a chord with a little more harmonic intrigue, we take a look at the theory behind embellished ...

If your chord progressions sound a little clunky ... The theory behind this principle is pretty easy; let's start with a triad of C major, which will contain the notes C, E and G. If we place them on ...

It's very simple to join one chord to the next in the context of a chord progression, and one of the tools in your armoury for achieving a polished musical effect is to use what we call, 'inverted ...

Jacob Shipley is following up his last EP with his latest effort, “Getting Older.” The five-song record is extremely — most of the time, welcomingly — bare-bones in its production and tackles the ...

Drew Scott has gone ahead and done it again. The beloved HGTV star posted a photo of one of his adorable kids and it’s ...

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It didn’t take long for me to hear those chord progressions myself, and soon I could even “chart” simple songs on my own. I began taking guitar lessons with a high school junior who lived a ...

To make a powerful and huge chorus, it needs to start with a bang. A trick to do that is to use impact samples that take up a ...