Bass Week: As bass players we naturally have to know our chords, and ideally a fair bit about harmony and chord progressions ...

Playing across all six strings, this voicing has ... and a duplicate 5th (G). The term ‘minor’ refers to the b3rd. This is a C minor chord with a dominant or b7th. If we were to raise the ...

Elton John and Brandi Carlile are a pair of kindred musical spirits on their collaborative album, "Who Believes in Angels." ...

When I came up with the main hook I realised that it was reminiscent of a Beatles song”: How The Cars created an American ...

Every Friday, pop critics for The New York Times weigh in on the week’s most notable new tracks. Listen to the Playlist on Spotify here (or find our profile: nytimes) and at Apple Music here, and sign ...

“We are utilizing music elements like major chords and ... elements like guitar riffs and synthesizers are added to differentiate it. Kapadia says the company has created six distinct layers ...

Electricity? Overrated… ‘Real’ guitarists know that a guitar’s genuine excitement is best earned via the more personal connection of the player plus the resonant wooden body of an acoustic. Decades ...

Carlile, meanwhile, earns a spotlight moment on the tender “You Without Me” as her lovely voice flutters over the acoustic guitar spine ... he moves from bleak minor chords to 45 seconds ...

Two years after the legendary Burt Bacharach passed away, his longtime music director Rob Shirakbari is leading a tribute tour that includes Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Todd Rundgren and "The Voice" ...

Reginald Kenneth Dwight was a 20-year-old session musician when he applied for a job at a London record label, and was paired ...