Understanding the basics of music will make you a better songwriter, guitarist, pianist, producer, and overall just a better musician. We recommend a music theory course for anyone interested in ...

Music theory has always had a slight whiff of the uncool about it, conjuring up images of dry, dusty, bewigged baroque musicians from centuries past, the nightmare of childhood piano lessons, or ...

When a note belonging to one chord is sustained through the change to the next chord, it’s known as a suspension, and it’s one way that composers and songwriters can add more depth of emotion to their ...