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… In this lesson, we’ll go through the difference between a dominant, ...

Once you've got simple major and minor chords under your fingers, 7th barre chords are the next stage to make your playing sound more professional. Stuart Ryan shows you the relevance of the major 7, ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. With its metronomic 4/4 beats, synth basslines and electronic percussion, disco evolved ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In music theory, an extension is similar in concept to a house extension, except that, rather ...

Creating chords for a song is much like building a house; you probably know the sort of style you want, but it is the chords that give the song it’s light and shade. And, in much the same way that the ...

A study suggests that minor and major seventh chords are the happiest sounds in music, but today’s songwriters are ditching them in favour of simple minor chords. But why does this matter? We all love ...

Welcome back. This is a continuation of our exploration of chord progressions in songs, both diationic (one key) and chromatic (more than one color, of key). It starts with an example by The Beatles, ...