MELODIC MUSE by Andy Timmons THE BENDS, PART 4 String bending offers us guitarists a highly effective way to evoke a wide ...

Yes, even Jewish rock stars and Jews who write Christmas songs. Author’s note: This is my introduction and background of what will be the first in a series of pieces about identity and rock n’ roll ...

Now, six years on from the release of Squid, AlphaTheta has a new music production tool – Chordcat.Chordcat is a compact, ...

Joe Hooten, an eighth grade social studies teacher at Asheville Middle School and longtime local musician, has launched a guitar donation drive that’s placed dozens of free instruments into students’ ...

Learn the basics of guitar chords, including major and minor types, chord progressions, and tips for beginners to start ...

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 chord progression feels as though it has the power to help you ascend, but at the same time, there can be no mistake about the sadness that it lays a foundation for. The Cure’s ability to take the ...

The “lift” refers to the chord sequence moving from a minor to a major, and in the process “lifting” the harmony. Some consider the “secret chord”, in a more literal sense, to be Cohen’s hat-tip to ...

And all of the chords have a dominant 7 quality or implied tonality. So the basic underlying progression is F7 - D7 - G7 - C7.

If you’re good at music theory, you can probably find all the chords and progressions you need just by using your fingers and a suitable instrument. For a lot of musicians, though, remembering ...