Music Theory

Let’s face it, we all have at least one song that we listen to and get that beautiful sad, emotional vibe from. 

Furthermore, I can speak from my own experience when I say that music has helped me overcome …

“Pop music” is a label that has been stamped on countless songs throughout the past century. 

You can put anything between U2, The Chemical Brothers, Snoop Dogg, Blink 182, and Creedence Clearwater Revival under that category and it will …

Indie music has seen a meteoric rise in the past few decades. Indeed, the angst and weirdness of Grunge mixed with the relaxed vibes of alternative rock and the chill element coming from pop, neo-soul, and folk gave this, often …

Let’s face a fact of life: some songs just sound “happy”. I mean, regardless of the lyrics and the arrangement, some songs just have an uplifting effect on the listener.

If, for a minute you think that’s just the …

Don’t go up the stairs! It’s a trap! Yes, we’ve all seen the quintessential movie scene in which the main character goes up the stairs while the killer is trying to end his or her life. Well, although it …

Jazz is a musical style that’s famous for its intricacy and the multiplicity of chords and voices used to tell stories with music. Although it looks like Mission: Impossible from afar, there’s a method behind the madness and you’re about …

Perhaps, the best way to describe the Lydian Mode is to say that it’s pleasantly strange. Yes, it feels like every time you write a tune with this mode or play a song that was written using this mode you …

E minor is one of the most used scales in Western music. Yes, you can find it fueling the outrageous heavy metal tones of bands like Metallica but also in songs like “Eleanor Rigby” by The Beatles or “Sultans of …

R&B has been topping charts for decades under diverse and numerous disguises. 

For example, in the ‘90s it fueled the boy and girl band era with high-hitting bands like TLC. 

In the ‘00s, singers like Amy Winehouse brought the style …

Funk is a danceable musical style. 

Yes, it has a reputation for making people move in a matter of seconds. 

But how does Funk achieve this difficult goal of making an entire club move to the same beat? Well, we’re …