Listen up: scales aren’t just torture devices invented by guitar teachers... When you use a scale, say, C major, you are playing ‘in the key of C’. The word ‘diatonic’ simply means ‘within a key’, so ...

The ii-V-I has been referred to as a chord progression, a turnaround, and a cadence depending on the circumstances it is used. It is most known as the jazz progression as it is the backbone of many ...

Having started life as an ear-training platform, with daily workouts, online learning platform ToneGym has since expanded to include sight-reading and vocal warm-up exercises. The latest update - the ...

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 ...

Guitar skills: Getting to grips with new chords is a sure-fire way to take your songwriting in new directions and, hopefully, to the next level. So our charts are here to help you find your own voice ...

Chords and the way they fit together have provided some of the greatest challenges to our musical understanding and teaching. It is never long before we become bogged down in Roman numerals, or ...

It's very simple to join one chord to the next in the context of a chord progression, and one of the tools in your armoury ...

This video breaks down what made Smokey Robinson one of Motown’s most influential songwriters. From simple chord progressions ...