Try applying this music theory technique to your synth pad parts When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Defined as ‘the linear ...

You may have seen one of the various online videos in which a musician will demonstrate ‘100 songs in 4 minutes’ or ‘play 50 songs with only these 4 chords’ and so on. There is a slight technical flaw ...

Often when discussing songwriting, we divide it into its two main elements, words and music. But just as lyrics contain a multitude of sub-categories and considerations, so does music. It contains the ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Popular music can be categorised into a multitude of genres, but probably the broadest are ...

In a brand-new interview with The New York Times, legendary musical theatre composer, Stephen Sondheim sits down with Anthony Tommasini to discuss the ins and outs of musical composition and why we ...

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 ...