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Learn how polychords and slash chords hold the key to musical exploration, just as scales do
There are various ways in which we can approach any one aspect of chords and their extensions, but for this feature I’ve ...
From Joe Strummer’s Tele to Johnny Ramone's Mosrite, here are the iconic guitars behind the sound of punk rock
The filth, the fury, and '80s Fernandes Strat copies – these guitars, amps, and effects defined the sound of some of rock's ...
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“We have the YouTube generation to thank for its explosion”: Unpacking the modern lo-fi genre
Mentioned earlier, jazzier chords, played by samples of real instruments (clean guitar, organ, or piano) can be pivotal to nailing this genre. The use of regularly repeating samples (ideally aged and ...
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"It's possible to make great songs with little to no knowledge of music theory": 5 simple music theory hacks to make your tracks stand out
You’ll find them in dance music, too - the classic house organ sound, as heard in Robin S’ ‘Show Me Love’, contains a fifth (two oscillators, one pitched a fifth higher than the other), which is ...