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Secondary Dominants
Secondary Dominants: Adding Color & Direction 🎨 Introduction Imagine a painter’s palette. The diatonic chords of a key are the primary colors—reliable and familiar. A …
Harmonic Choices and Chord Progressions
Understanding how chord choices create emotional color in songwriting: functional harmony, common progressions, and how to use chords to serve the song.
Chromatic Chords: The Key to Tension and Resolution in Music 🎵
Chromatic Chords: The Key to Tension and Resolution in Music 🎵 Introduction Have you ever felt a moment of surprise or intense emotion while listening …
Altered Dominant (7alt) Chords
The Complete Musician's Guide to Altered Dominant (7alt) Chords Summary: Altered dominant chords are musical "spice" that add tension and excitement to music. Like adding …
Altered Chords
Altered Chords: Adding Color and Tension to Your Music Summary: Altered chords are dominant chords with chromatically changed 5th and 9th scale degrees that create …
Open Minor Chords: Am, Em, Dm and Beyond
Add emotional depth to your playing with open minor chords. Learn Am, Em, Dm, and how minor chords create moody, expressive music.