Unless you happen to be making the most minimal techno, it’s inevitable that, pretty soon into your music production journey, you’ll be using chords. That’s to say that you’ll be using playing ...

In his latest GW column, the Blackberry Smoke guitarist shows us how open G frees us up from the same tired old note choices ...

If viewed within the bewildering context of the history of western music, the triad is one of the absolute bedrocks of all the harmony that we hear, and despite its roots back to classical music, it's ...

The same chord can be played in different ways... When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Step 1: Inversions, or inverted chords, are ...

In music, an interval is the distance between two notes. In the example below, count up from and including the lowest note up to the highest pitched note to identify the interval. This interval is ...

All the chords built on other notes in the scale of C are minor, except chord VII - the notes B – D – F, which is diminished. When a seventh is added to a chord this is known as a seventh chord. The ...

The triad is one of the cornerstones of music theory, and vital for creating harmony. Let's examine the three points of the chord… When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...