A chord progression is part of the foundation of most Western music and you may have come across a few already. The I-IV-V is a staple of blues, folk, ...

However, whichever keys the original songs are in, they do have their chord progressions – their essential formula – in common. To understand this properly, we need to introduce a bit of theory.

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 ...

(Image credit: Apple) Step 1: Here’s a MIDI part playing a four-chord progression - C, Am, F, Em, with all chords played in root position. This means that the root note of each chord is at the bottom ...

Step 9: So now that we have the diatonic chords all identified and labelled up, we can try to find a progression that might fit our melody notes. The most commonly-used chords in any key are the ...

So, what about the chord progression at issue in the lawsuit? When I listen to the songs in question, Mr. Sheeran’s “Thinking Out Loud” and Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On,” I hear a ...

In the case of Stairway to Heaven, the chord progression is very similar to the one in "Taurus," but it is also a standard arpeggio form that can be heard in the 1937 song "My Funny Valentine," Ms ...