When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Jun Sato/WireImage Chords, scales, and harmony are subjects you could spend your whole ...

John Lennon's iconic status as a result of his songwriting means his work will remain part of pop culture forever. Regardless of whether you think he’s a genius or one of the sloppiest guitar players ...

Although the Rolling Stones have always been a twin guitar band, perhaps the most iconic selection of chords and riffs come from the one constant in their guitar player line up, Keith Richards, the ...

Give your chord progressions colour and flair by introducing a handful of ‘out of key’ notes. We’ve previously looked at diatonic chords, ie, chords belonging to a scale or key. As their name suggests ...

When it comes to guitar chords, it all begins with basic ones that are called either major (use just the letter of the chord, eg E for E major) or minor (reduced to the letter plus m, eg Em for E ...

Bass Week: As bass players we naturally have to know our chords, and ideally a fair bit about harmony and chord progressions in general, as we are the ones banging out the root notes! But there are ...