As you can see, these are all different names for one specific sound. Once we get into chord progressions and ‘diatonic speak’ such as II-V-I, you may well come across the term ‘tritone substitution’.

What are 6/9 chords? Well, it might sound complicated but they simply have the 6th and 9th of the parent scale, and their ...

Schopenhauer’s theory was that the will is so ineffable that the nonverbal language of music alone could grant access to this ...

One of the most debated chords of the last 30 years is the E7/G# chord Noel Gallagher plays in the pre-chorus of Don’t Look Back in Anger. Many guitar players have played this as a regular E7 shape ...

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Chords are played when the guitarist holds their fingers down on more than one individual string to change its length, which in turn changes the frequency of the vibration created - in other words, it ...

Some instruments like the guitar, harp and piano play ... Naomi: So could you maybe have a chord with twelve notes? Mrs Thomas: Well, yes in theory. Naomi: But I don’t think i’ve got enough ...

He began by watching videos about chord theory and music-writing ... In addition to creating recordings of his songs, Smith ...

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When their label picked ‘December’ as the single from Collective Soul's debut, the band wasn’t happy, but it turned out to be one of the definitive songs of 1995.

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It’s been…” If you lived through 1998, those two words may very well get one particular song stuck in your head (sorry not ...