This progression gets its name from classic 50s tracks such as Stand By Me by Ben E King. It might be called a 50s progression, but there’s nothing to stop you playing it in rock, pop, folk or any ...

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 ...

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.

So, what about the chord progression at issue in the lawsuit? When I listen to the songs in question, Mr. Sheeran’s “Thinking Out Loud” and Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On,” I hear a ...

The Musical Chord Progression Arpeggiator is a web experiment by Jake Albaugh that allows you to generate different musical scores based on a variety of different inputs.

Video game orchestra strikes nostalgic chord. By Whit Johnson. May 29, 2012 / 10:30 AM EDT / CBS News (CBS News) The animation ...