Sus chords are a special kind of chord that are neither major nor minor and, with their neutral character, they can inject sparkle and movement into otherwise simple chord progressions.

Step 10: That works OK, the top notes in the chords match up nicely to the melody notes, so we’re on track. We could vary things a little though by slipping in a subtle ii chord - a Gm chord - as the ...

So – as represented by the bold text in the above diagram – a I-IV-V in C major equates to the chords C, F and G. In D major, these chords would transpose up to D, G and A, and so on.

The recent UK chart success of I’m the One (by DJ Khaled featuring Justin Bieber & Chance the Rapper) just goes to show that you can’t beat the classic simplicity of the I-vi-IV-V progression.

Lo-fi is to audio what black-and-white or sepia-tinted film is to visual. Often lo-fi tracks will loop a sample from an old vinyl record, complete with scratches and crackles, then drop it over a ...

The chords are arranged in fifths which musically speaking is very important. Bars, measures, beats or time is laid out on the x-axis, so an empty SeeChord chart (in the key of C) looks like this: Let ...

Blues chords. In blues ‘dominant’ 7 chords (A7 or D7 for example) are more common than basic major, minor and sus chords. The A7, D7 and E9 shapes shown here are all you need for a 12-bar ...

There are certain chord progressions that are steadfast stalwarts in pop music because of their catchy familiarity. The focus in this article is the I-IV-V. What Is I-IV-V?