James McMurtry reminds me, line by line, that music can still do more than decorate our playlists. It can hold our hands ...

From the outside, Taylor Swift's impromptu performance of her hit "Shake It Off" on Tuesday night in Nashville at the Tight ...

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

Today, Harry the Nightgown are following the album’s full release with a new video for one of the record’s highlights, the ...

Incredible chord progressions. These pop songs might not sound like jazz at first - but under the surface, they’re packed with harmonic richness, color, and movement that rival Gershwin or ...

Pachelbel’s ubiquitous cello chord progression has inspired plenty of pop songs – from Kylie Minogue’s ‘I Should Be So Lucky’ to Oasis’ ‘Don’t Look Back in Anger’. Now we can add to the list: ...

After all, the quartet mastered everything. Whether that be complex chord progressions that their famous vocal melodies are heavily weighted on, fingerpicking – as typified by ‘Blackbird’ – which ...

“The four-chord progression at issue—ubiquitous in pop music—even coupled with a syncopated harmonic rhythm, is too well-explored to meet the originality threshold that copyright law demands ...

Not including her latest album, Taylor Swift has reportedly used this progression in 21 of her songs. Dr. Jadey O’Regan knows a thing or two about chord progressions in pop music. She’s a Lecturer in ...

According to Bennett, Blink-182 has used the Axis Progression in 15 songs, while Avril Lavigne has used it in nine, leading some people to refer to the run of chords as the Pop-Punk Progression ...

Surprising chord progressions primarily affect the heart, eliciting pleasure and aesthetic appreciation, while predictable sequences induce calmness and satisfaction in the abdomen. The study ...