This bad rep is entirely unjustified, however, since, regardless of whether you're a composer, songwriter, producer or DJ, shoring up your musical knowledge with a smattering of grassroots theory can ...

A chord’s major or minor-ness is known as its quality, and chord quality depends on the number of semitones or ‘interval’ between the third and root note. Diatonic chords mean you can only use scale ...

Continuing along the diatonic path we can also pull out a useful tool (vicar!) in the form of a G minor (ext. 7th/9th/13th) as a close relative to the Em7b5 chord. The basic G minor triad is chord 2 ...

Step 6: Now that we have the diatonic chords, we can label them using Roman numerals, based on the position of each chord sequentially within the scale. We use uppercase numerals to denote major ...

The circle of fifths looks confusing but it's only ever here to help. And a basic understanding of what it's trying to tell you could lead you down a whole new creative superhighway.Simply put, it's a ...