Taking a theoretically identical chord and juggling its notes can give a subtle or not so subtle change in timbre.

The presence of a well-crafted and performed chord progression can often be the glue that gels the song together. If executed well, it should support your melody and lyric, while grabbing ...

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 record, complete with scratches and crackles, then drop it over a ...

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Guitar skills: When it comes to chord progressions, you don’t have to break new ground to write great songs. In fact, some basic chord progressions have been used repeatedly in hundreds of pop and ...

You’ll find variations of this progression in pop, R&B and jazz. It usually is very hard to mistake a blues song for a country song, even when both are based on the same three-chord progression.

• Sampha — Sampha has a very beautiful and unique voice and when paired with his nostalgic chord progressions it creates a vessel for raw emotion in its finest form.

Hook Theory is a song database, and after analyzing 1,300 popular songs, looking at the chord progressions in each, it spit back some pretty cool visualizations.

The Gamer Symphony Orchestra orchestra has struck a chord among its loyal followers, invoking the power of nostalgia.

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