The most important aspect to study in melody writing is probably your intervals. In Western music, we use 12 notes in semitone intervals, in other cultures they have quarter tones and microtonal ...

If the flannelly, lo-fi nature of ’90s grunge killed the hairspray bravado of ’80s hair metal, then the 2000s definitely brought back some of its technicality and musicianship. The first decade of ...

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From the sultry Spanish sounds of the Concierto de Aranjuez to modern adaptations of 17th-century lute music, some of the greatest classical music sounds absolutely stunning on guitar. For a work as ...

The Toronto hardcore band’s latest builds on their previous records not by going bigger but by honing the small stuff: intricate melodies, squelching guitar loops, and Damian Abraham’s ornately ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Chord names like Am13 and F#maj7#11 are pretty scary; they sound as though they'd be hard to play ...