Which comes first: chords or meloody? That's the chicken and egg question facing any music maker staring at a blank DAW screen, and there's no right answer as to which you need to nail first. And ...
Wong explains how outlining notes in the chord progression helps find a solo that's melodically on-point and just what the song calls for ...
Welcome back. This is a continuation of our exploration of chord progressions in songs, both diationic (one key) and chromatic (more than one color, of key). It starts with an example by The Beatles, ...
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“The net result of this process is a progression which sounds smoother, calmer and more musical”: The value of adding chord inversions
It's very simple to join one chord to the next in the context of a chord progression, and one of the tools in your armoury ...
A lot of the elements that make pop music successful relate to it being catchy and familiar. As a songwriter, there are many ways to engender this feeling in listeners, to do with song structure, ...
Artists “People who like that song aren’t actually fans of The Cure”: How Robert Smith created one of The Cure’s greatest hits Artists The intricate music theory and lyrical weight of a Tears for ...
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