If there’s one thing you can do to take your songwriting to the next level, it’s getting to grips with new chords. Use our ...

When we combine harmonious intervals to create chords, there are various conventions we follow (consciously or otherwise) to avoid unpleasant dissonances. Here, we’re going to do no such thing!

Harmonic minor keys are used when writing chords. There is another version of the minor key known as the melodic minor. This is used when writing a melody. Each key signature has two possible keys.

playing in B minor instead of E minor, you'll be bending to a bV interval – another tense sound. This lick is made up of a simple three-note phrase that you can throw into any guitar solo for a ...

Jesse Colin Young, who sang one of the signature songs of the 1960s counterculture, the Youngbloods’ “Get Together,” before ...

Chords can be created by combining voices or musical instruments. Some instruments like the guitar, harp and piano ... well that one was an example of a minor chord, they tend to sound sad.