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Tag: unlocking the emotional power of chords
What Is a Leading Tone?
In the above video, courtesy of our very popular Mainstage course, Unlocking the Emotional Power…
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…
What Are Chord Pizzas?
This article originally appeared on Ethan Hein’s blog. The Groove Pizza uses geometry to help visualize rhythms. The NYU…
Finish What You Started! Using Cadences in Composition
Though it may seem daunting from afar, venturing into the world of music theory doesn’t…
How to Create Bigger Sounding Chords with Open-Voiced Sevenths (Like Björk)
In this article, we’re going to be exploring how to use different voicings of seventh…
Scaffolding: How to Use Structure to Map Out the Energy Flow of Your Song
Songs are almost always built from sections that will feel very familiar, and yet they still…
How to Convey These 8 Emotions Using Chords and Harmony
We polled members of the Soundfly staff and mentor community to ask about their go-to chords and progressions for certain emotional outcomes. Check it out!
How ‘Apocalypse Now’ Etched Wagner’s ‘Ride of the Valkyries’ into Our Brains Forever
There would be only a handful of musical pieces that could rival Richard Wagner’s “Ride…
Can Descending Chords Ever Sound Happy?
Descending melodies and progressions often sound sad, but one of the most resoundingly happy songs ever, Jackson 5’s “I Want You Back” begs to differ.