Whether you're into jazz, rock, pop, soul, or country, learning to play by ear starts with one essential skill: hearing and ...

Today, few artists dare to lean into vulnerability and experimentation the way Ugochukwu Nnamdi—known artistically as The Afro Priest—so comfortably does.

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 ...

Blues chords. In blues ‘dominant’ 7 chords (A7 or D7 for example) are more common than basic major, minor and sus chords. The A7, D7 and E9 shapes shown here are all you need for a 12-bar ...

THE SKINNY: 16 years and ten albums is a domain many bands fail to reach.Yet, on their tenth effort, Stung!, Perth’s most eminent supergroup, Pond, affirm why they are one of the most accomplished and ...

Using that progression (or a vi-IV-I-V variation — that's A minor-F-C-G, so basically the same progression starting at the third chord), Axis Of Awesome were able to mash together more than 80 ...

The chord progression encompasses many of the cool harmonic devices we’ve discussed in previous In Theory articles, like chromatic mediant relationships (the G6 to Bb6b5) and Neapolitan chords ...

Over a waltz of simple guitar chords, Margaret Glaspy blurts out unvarnished grief in a torn voice, bereft yet struggling to go on. 27. The Smile, ‘Bending Hectic’ ...

It’s a pretty great revelation, coming from one of today’s biggest chart-toppers. But before transitioning into the mainstream, Charlie Puth – who’s had hits with Meghan Trainor, Selena Gomez and Wiz ...

Ed Sheeran picked up his guitar and performed a mash-up of his songs and Marvin Gaye's as he tried to demonstrate how common the four-chord progression was for his hit "Thinking Out Loud." ...