In this tutorial, we explore how to add rich upper extensions—like flat nines—to your solo piano arrangements. Especially useful when the melody includes a flat 9 over a dominant seventh chord, you'll ...

Need a practical way to get comfortable with jazz chords? This single exercise will help you learn to voice major 7, minor 7, dominant 7, and half-diminished chords in every key. Perfect for jazz ...

When it comes to guitar chords, it all begins with basic ones that are called either major (use just the letter of the chord, eg E for E major) or minor (reduced to the letter plus m, eg Em for E ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We’ve all played them, but how many of us can say we know how 7th chords actually work? There’s more to them than meets the eye… ...

With a guitar intro that sends wedding-goers running to the dancefloor and a scream-at-the-top-of-your-lungs chorus, 'Mr Brightside' has a firm grip on British hearts. In fact, despite being released ...

Mr. Gopnik is a staff writer at The New Yorker and the author of “The Real Work: On the Mystery of Mastery.” When I was 12, I disappeared into my bedroom with a $40 folk guitar and a giant book of ...

What is important when composing is the `` chord progression '' that determines the atmosphere of the song along with the melody (melody), but many people think that it is difficult to learn from 1 ...

A nightmare-curing major chord. Could it be true? In a study conducted on patients who had been diagnosed with a nightmare disorder, 36 volunteers were invited to rewrite their most frequent ...

TAIPEI - Mandopop superstar Jay Chou's daughter stole the limelight from her dad on her seventh birthday on Saturday (July 10), when they played a duet together on the piano. In an Instagram post by ...