Are 7th chords big scary harmonic monsters for you? Here, we go through how to build and use them in a chord progression step-by-step, in 7 minutes.
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5 Familiar Chord Progressions to Start Any Song
The first chords of your song will set the emotional precedent that your lyrics should ultimately follow. Here’s a few suggestions for starting strong!
How Do You Make an Audience Feel Nostalgic with Music?
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What Is a Chord Progression?
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How Blood Orange Uses Chasms of Harmonic Ambiguity on “Negro Swan”
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How Thomas Newman’s “American Beauty” Score Flipped the Script on Film Music
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Why Ariana Grande’s “no tears left to cry” Is So Uplifting, Even in a Minor Key
Last week I had the distinct pleasure of sitting down with super-knowledgeable music theory super-nerds…
On Voice Leading and Tresillo in Troye Sivan & Ariana Grande’s “Dance to This”
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What Is a Leading Tone?
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How to Use 7th Chords in Indie Pop Music
What may be institutionally indefinable, the obscure genre term “indie pop” is considered an umbrella for most…