Get to grips with this invaluable and interesting addition to the songwriter's vocabulary used by Paul McCartney and jazzers ...

Her last album Sometimes, Forever, produced by Oneohtrix Point Never, was heavily based around creepy electronics, and the two albums before that (Clean and Color Theory) were defined by murky ...

We've all been there. Or worse still, you're playing, all is well, and then the mind goes blank. Here, Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal, ...

By using various voicings of the same chord, you can expand your fretboard knowledge and spice up your chord progressions ...

Using famous solos by Eddie Van Halen, Mark Knopfler, George Harrison, and Slash, we look at what it takes to actually "take a solo." What goes on behind the solo, what is in the mind of the performer ...

It might be the case that you’re an established artist with several albums, tours and hefty critical acclaim under your belt, but when it comes down to the rudiments of theory ... chord sequence, or ...

Having a little knowledge of music theory can open many doors. Not least of all because certain instruments rely heavily on written notation, with 99.9% of professional musicians being highly skilled ...

The Kinks changed rock music forever with the use of one particular type of chord on their 1964 hit, "You Really Got Me." ...

“The four-chord progression at issue—ubiquitous in pop music—even coupled with a syncopated harmonic rhythm, is too well-explored to meet the originality threshold that copyright law demands ...

It’s terrific, and took our writer right back to the nights he spent happily playing the mode with friends back ... The result is a compelling conspiracy theory about how loot drops actually ...

Sharon Van Etten is going all-in with her band, the Attachment Theory. During recent tour rehearsals, the musician found herself initiating jam sessions with her longtime band — Jorge Balbi ...