Augmented and diminished chords have something of a bad reputation. Whenever anyone makes a joke about an overly complicated piece of music, they’re usually part of the punchline. In actual fact, ...

It goes without saying that a good chord progression can be fundamental to a quality song, but when you find yourself staring at a blank screen, how do you get started and string an appropriate set of ...

It inevitable that, pretty soon into your music production journey, you’ll be using chords. That’s to say that you’ll be playing multiple notes simultaneously - either on a MIDI keyboard or by ...

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A diminished chord occupies a unique niche in Western harmony—a compact cluster of power that evokes unease, suspense, or anticipation. Technically, the chord is built from a root, a minor third above ...

Picture: Getty A Christmas chord? Time for a lesson in scrunchy harmonies, guys. There’s a theory, put forward by Slate and later illustrated by Vox, which says the chord under ‘presents’ in the ...