Being able to create your own music in an integral part to becoming a great musician. Having been a musician myself for 18 years, I know firsthand how exciting and rewarding it can be to write your ...

Which comes first: chords or meloody? That's the chicken and egg question facing any music maker staring at a blank DAW screen, and there's no right answer as to which you need to nail first. And ...

Artists “It's a sad song because it's all about the unattainable”: The ballad that sparked the breakup of The Beatles Artists “In the actual song you hear today, the guitars, the riff, the bass, the ...

In music, an interval is the distance between two notes. In the example below, count up from and including the lowest note up to the highest pitched note to identify the interval. This interval is ...

It almost goes without saying that a good chord progression is fundamental to a good song, but when you find yourself facing the dreaded blank screen, how do you string a suitable set of chords ...

Almost every song in the pop charts is built around the same four chords. And it's nothing new – they're the same three chords that Pachelbel used in his famous Canon. But why do we keep coming back ...

Pianist and composer Nahre Sol attempts to play "Happy Birthday" in 16 levels of complexity. Nahre starts playing the iconic tune with just one finger and adds more and more layers until she's playing ...