Which comes first: chords or meloody? That's the chicken and egg question facing any music maker staring at a blank DAW screen, and there's no right answer as to which you need to nail first. And ...

It’s tempting to see the capo as a simple tool to facilitate quick key changes without having to learn new shapes. However, when you start using a capo on the higher frets you unlock a fresh new ...

What makes a great tune? What is it about melodies that lodge in our heads, so that we sing along to our favourite tracks (but not others we know just as well but don’t like as much) or find ourselves ...

LANDR has announced the acquisition of Orb Plugins, a division of Hexachords that develops innovative AI-powered creative tools like the Orb Producer Suite. As part of its takeover, LANDR has ...

A normal C major chord is C-E-G, but you can easily change it to E-G-C, called the 'first inversion', or G-C-E, the 'second inversion' - the bass note has changed, but it's still the same chord, with ...

In music, an interval is the distance between two notes. In the example below, count up from and including the lowest note up to the highest pitched note to identify the interval. This interval is ...

If there’s one thing you can do to take your songwriting to the next level, it’s getting to grips with new chords. Use our ...

MIDI music scientists will doubtless be very familiar with sequencers, hardware or software used for recording, editing and playback of a series – or sequence – of notes, chords or rhythms. Many will ...