Do you associate minor chords with sad music and major chords with happy music? If you do, you probably grew up surrounded by music that follows the basic rules of Western music theory. But not ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. There are two basic types of chords: major and minor. In their most simple form they have three ...

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 acoustic guitar chord charts - from basic open chords to the daddy of altered ...

A study suggests that minor and major seventh chords are the happiest sounds in music, but today’s songwriters are ditching them in favour of simple minor chords. But why does this matter? We all love ...

Creating chords for a song is much like building a house; you probably know the sort of style you want, but it is the chords ...

SAGINAW, MI – Ten years ago, John and Katrina Vowell opened a music studio in the city of Saginaw with plans to provide free lessons to kids. The longtime Saginawians and co-founders of Major Chords ...

Much of our music, from classical to contemporary, is written in either a major or minor key (with exceptions, such as jazz, which uses neither). For most, a major key conjures up feelings of ...

Every style of music uses major chords - for many players, the first thing they learn is a handful of these essential shapes. Still, once you get ‘under the hood’ there’s a lot to learn, and it’s not ...