The general theme with these shapes is the dominant 7th sound, which is essentially a major chord plus a b7th. This is a great way of injecting some ‘blues’ flavour into your chord progressions. You ...

The Staten Island Chamber Players’ String Quartet will kick off its season Sunday at Veterans Memorial Hall. Quartet members, violinists Susan Olsen Maren and Annelie Fahlstedt, cellist Madel… ...

Guitar skills: 'Add’ chords come in the form of either ‘add9’ or ‘add11’. The name tells you to add either a 9th or 11th interval to a basic major or minor chord.

The 20 boxes powered by solar panels sound a B-flat chord of varying durations. But the sound changes, depending on the intensity of the sun, the size of the crowd, the other noise at the time ...

Hint: it’s a secret chord. Mariah and Bing’s songs both start on the tonic chord, add a seventh on the second chord, and move to the dominant on the third chord. At this point, both songs move from ...