Harmonic Movement and Chord Progressions

It is the interplay between chords that creates a sense of movement that can be more or…

Exercises to Practice Your Music Composition Skills

How Much Music Theory Do You Need to Start Making Music?

Post-Tonal Harmony

In the beginning of the twentieth century, the tonal system was already falling apart due to the extreme use of chromaticism…

8 Practical Tips to Make a Melody

There are lots of ways to approach this process, probably as many as there are musicians. It is up…

How to Create Tension in Music

In this post I’ll be looking at some ways that you can use to create tension in music by using harmony…

Creative Tips For Starting to Compose Music

Making a song from scratch may sound like a daunting task if you consider all the…

Where Do Musical Ideas Come From?

This is probably a question that will always be open for debate as each and every one of us listens…

Stimulating Your Innate Creativity

Creativity is Built-in

Chords by Thirds

The first chord constructions we will be looking at are the chords stacked by thirds…