Guitar skills: These extended chords are based on a major 7th chord. For example, a C chord contains C, E and G notes. These are the first, third and fifth notes of ...

Every style of music uses major chords - for many players, the first thing they learn is a handful of these essential shapes. Still, once you get ‘under the hood’ there’s a lot to learn, and it’s not ...

Guitar skills: If there’s one thing you'll need to do to take your songwriting to the next level, it’s getting to grips with new chords. Use our acoustic guitar chord charts - from basic open chords ...

SAGINAW, MI – Ten years ago, John and Katrina Vowell opened a music studio in the city of Saginaw with plans to provide free lessons to kids. The longtime Saginawians and co-founders of Major Chords ...

In my previous column, we looked at the difference between extended and altered chords, and I wanted to give some further examples and explanations of how altered chords work in practical terms. After ...

Do you associate minor chords with sad music and major chords with happy music? If you do, you probably grew up surrounded by music that follows the basic rules of Western music theory. But not ...

A study suggests that minor and major seventh chords are the happiest sounds in music, but today’s songwriters are ditching them in favour of simple minor chords. But why does this matter? We all love ...