What is the ii-V-I? A chord progression is part of the foundation of most Western music and you may have come across a few already. The I-IV-V is a staple of blues, folk, and pop while the I-V-vi-IV ...

Looping these classic chord progressions will get you familiar with some fresh soloing concepts ...

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, ...

A great way to get started writing a song is to use a well-known chord progression. Certain progressions have been used thousands of times throughout the history of recorded music, so there’s no ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lo-fi is to audio what black-and-white or sepia-tinted film is to visual. Often lo-fi tracks will loop a sample from an old vinyl ...

Give your chord progressions colour and flair by introducing a handful of ‘out of key’ notes. We’ve previously looked at diatonic chords, ie, chords belonging to a scale or key. As their name suggests ...