How to write a song: Make a song in 7 steps
Learn how to write a song in seven steps—from lyrics to arrangement, we cover the full songwriting process in this...
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The diminished chord: What it is and how to use them
Learn about what a diminished chord is and how to use half-diminished seventh chords, diminished seventh chords, and triads in...
What is rhythm in music: An introduction to beats, meters, and tempo
Rhythm is arguably the most fundamental element of music—in this in-depth guide, learn about the basics of how to read...
Taylor Deupree and Joseph Branciforte on transcribing an electronic classic
"Highlighting inconsistencies": when it came time to transcribe Taylor Deupree's seminal 2002 electronic drone album Sti.il for acoustic instruments, everything...
How to Arrange Chords Like a Pro Musician
Arranging chords is an important aspect of songwriting as it helps create the overall structure and feel of a song....
Music notation on a 4000-year timeline and more of music beyond Europe
There's no need to imagine the history and conception of music as beginning and ending in western Europe. The history...
Hainbach on scoring Qinyuan Lei’s film, machines through a child’s eyes
The One Who Runs Away Is The Ghost sees an electronics market in Shenzen through two young sisters' eyes -...
Marie W. Anders’ Frozen Music: Debussy, dance, poems, and foghorns
In ethereal stretched harmonic recollections of Debussy, across cooly confident grooves echoing from dance floors, composer Marie Wilhelmine Anders has...
Marie W. Anders’ Frozen Music: Debussy, dance, poems, and foghorns
In ethereal stretched harmonic recollections of Debussy, across cooly confident grooves echoing from dance floors, composer Marie Wilhelmine Anders has...
Phil Niblock, unstoppable composer and artist, remembered
Adventurous composer, musician, filmmaker, and conceptual artist Phil Niblock remained active right through his later life - an embodiment of...
