A lot of the elements that make pop music successful relate to it being catchy and familiar. As a songwriter, there are many ways to engender this feeling in listeners, to do with song structure, ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The term ‘chromatic mediants’ probably isn’t something you’ll have come across very often in your ...

Sprinkle a little magic, wonder and even soul into your chord progressions with this neat music theory device When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

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 ...

Vivek Maddala is an Emmy-winning composer and a regular participant in The Number Ones Comment Section. After reading his takes on the music theory behind several historic hits, we invited him to turn ...