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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Josh Smith Previously, we explored the use of chromaticism within the blues as part of an approach that I like to use to connect ...

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 ...

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, ...

After working with major, minor, dominant, and half-diminished chords, it’s time to explore fully diminished 7ths and augmented triads. These chord types offer unique harmonic possibilities and ...

Improvising Passing Diminished Chords There is a lot of uncertainty that surrounds diminished chords. How do they work exactly? What chordscales do they take? How do you improvise over them? Gain some ...

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 ...