The term ‘embellished’ isn’t really a theoretical one, but it seems an appropriate way to describe these examples. Sometimes an idea for a chord progression can come to us virtually complete; at other ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Young woman playing electric guitar. It’s an inescapable fact that most of our time playing guitar is spent on rhythm duties. So, ...

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, ...

When composing a song, not only the melody but also the chord progressions that support that melody are extremely important. However, there are countless chord progression patterns, and searching and ...

If your chord progressions sound a little clunky, try approaching your harmony in an inverse way. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

[Music] as I'm joined by my good friend RM Sion I think it's a beautiful moment to talk about five music theory Concepts that are so much fun to use on guitar and I think there are Concepts that every ...

Guitar lessons: The most common chord progression is known as a ‘12-bar blues’, which, predictably is 12 bars long (eight-, 16- and 24-bar versions are common, too). What the name doesn’t tell you is ...

To celebrate the 30th anniversary issue of American Songwriter (Jan/Feb 2015), “Measure for Measure” served up a smorgasbord of 30 handpicked, solid gold chord progressions. This e-book supplements ...

Maybe you played piano as a kid and then stopped when exams, sports, college, and work swallowed your schedule. Maybe you ...