Jesse Colin Young, who sang one of the signature songs of the 1960s counterculture, the Youngbloods’ “Get Together,” before ...

This interval is called a fifth. Try to play this interval on a keyboard or piano. A chord is a group of notes - usually three or more - which are stacked vertically. They are played together and ...

The presence of a well-crafted and performed chord progression can often be the glue that gels the song together. If executed well, it should support your melody and lyric, while grabbing ...

Try moving the C chord around the fretboard for instant, rich chord-melody ideas. The shape we’ve used in bars 1 and 2 can be ...

The instrument is meant to be placed on a table with the larger end toward the performer, and while the right hand plays the melody on the treble strings with a violin bow, accompanying chords are ...