James Honeyman-Scott of The Pretenders was a master at creating interesting parts from simple alternate chords. We look at ...

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Improving the chord voicings within your song or production will add a musical element that will help elevate your work to the next level. But to help explain what a voicing is, you’ll forgive us if ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. When writing progressions, how do we avoid the jerkiness that often results from playing every ...

Advanced guitar chords can breathe new life into your playing, adding depth, color, and emotion to your sound. From jazz-infused voicings to rock-ready harmonies, mastering these shapes opens up ...

There are three main strategies songwriters use when they are choosing a chord progression for their next song. This article will go over some tried-and-true formulas in songwriting, a bit of music ...

A few years ago I was in the studio cutting new demos in Nashville, TN. I grabbed a guitar and started sharing my latest song to a group of A-list session players. Halfway through my intro, the guitar ...

ChordMate for Mac, available from the Mac App Store for US$51.99, is a guitar chord library that makes learning, identifying and building custom chords to play on the guitar easy. If you already play ...