creative power of advanced harmony Archives

An in-depth exploration of one of the most storied chords in opera, what makes it so influential, and how to use it yourself in your compositions.

We explore the fundamental rhythmic, harmonic, and melodic concepts at play in one of Frank Zappa’s most lauded compositions.

A particularly perfect music theory lesson happens to exist completely intact inside this classic breakbeat from funk/soul history.

Imagine Dragons’ “Demons” plays with our sense of memory about how the melody is supposed to play out each time. How does this work?

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What may be institutionally indefinable, the obscure genre term “indie pop” is considered an umbrella for most…

This article originally appeared on Ethan Hein’s blog. The Groove Pizza uses geometry to help visualize rhythms. The NYU…

In the following video, courtesy of Soundfly’s free course, A Conversation with the Blues, veteran jazz…

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