We are going to continue with this principle, but now within the context of a chord progression. We’ll work with four chords; C major, G major, A minor and F major - very familiar and common ...

Jimmy Page often employed dissonant chords with Led Zep and you can, too. You don't even need to know the name of the chord ...

Play a Bb chord with the notes Bb, D and F; a G Minor 7th with G, Bb, D and F, and finally a C minor chord with C, Eb and G. You’ll notice this is similar to the progression used in Being Boring and ...

As you may know, major chords sound bright and happy, where as minor chords sound more melancholic or sad. Locate the 3rd of our C major triad (which should be the note E) and drop it by one ...

Why are Minor Chords Perceived as “Sad”? Part 3 article by Kurt Ellenberger, published on July 10, 2025 at All About Jazz.

The idea of Chord Dice is to distill this information onto the face of a die so that it's easy to learn the chords in a particular key. Even if you are not a beginner, there may be some ...

Dissonant chords are combinations that sound jarring, like middle C and the C sharp above (a minor second). The reason why we should like one but not the other has long vexed both musicians and ...

Improving the chord voicings within your song or production will add a musical element that will help elevate your work to the next level. But to help explain what a voicing is, you’ll forgive us if ...