Real World Music Theory

The frequency in which the pedals are used directly resembles their history and how long they have been around.

I am the founder of a gig planning software (gixtra.com), so I have some data on when bands plan their soundchecks.

Advertisements prefer simple and happy chord progressions. The goal is to set a positive mood and not distract from the message.

As a music theory coach I sometimes get rather weird questions — this is one of them: What is the longest musical chord name you could…

Many artists are wondering about how many songs they should put on their album — 10? 13? 21? 3? Read my advice in this article…

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I don’t know where this myth stems from, but a minor chord and a diminished chord are not more similar to each other than a minor chord and…

Why do you write Csus4 instead of just C4?

I got this questions a while ago and thought it might be of interest to others as well. Some people study Beatles songs, because they view…

Some chords can be quite a stretch to play on the piano. You simply can’t press all keys at once, even if you expand your hand as much as…

This is part 2 of my analysis of the song „Can’t Stop The Feeling“ by Justin Timberlake in terms of music theory and its harmonic content…

Today I will analyze the song „Can’t Stop The Feeling“ by Justin Timberlake in terms of music theory and its harmonic content. The idea is…

Today I will analyze the song „Blank Space“ by Tylor Swift in terms of music theory and its harmonic content. The idea is to bring the dry…

Today I will analyze the song “Hotline Bling“ by Drake in terms of music theory and its harmonic content. The idea is to bring the dry…