When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Michael Putland/Getty Images In theory, the name of a chord should describe its content, ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. We can make our chords more interesting by adding extra notes… but not just any. So far in this ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In music theory, an extension is similar in concept to a house extension, except that, rather ...

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, ...

In theory, the name of a chord should describe its content, especially if it differs from the root-3rd-5th of a standard major chord. In guitar circles, describing a chord as ‘G’ without any other ...