Which comes first: chords or meloody? That's the chicken and egg question facing any music maker staring at a blank DAW screen, and there's no right answer as to which you need to nail first. And ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Step 2: The chord of C major is made up of notes C, E and G, so that corresponds to fingers 1, 3 ...

Altered chords are chords that have been changed by having the pitch of one or more notes in the chord sharpened or flattened by a semitone. Altering a chord in this way can have a big effect on its ...

In music, an interval is the distance between two notes. In the example below, count up from and including the lowest note up to the highest pitched note to identify the interval. This interval is ...

When you buy through our links, we may earn an affiliate commission. I have a confession to make. I’ve been a working singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist for over twenty years—and, actually, ...