Non-Diatonic chords can be used to spice up your chord progressions by stepping out of the scale and using notes that bring a fresh sound.

In the widespread boredom epidemic of the 16th century, the Harmonic Minor scale was invented to battle the blandness of major and minor scales. While that sentence may be a complete and utter falsification of music history, it does have some truth to it. Harmonic Minor has a dark and mysterious sound that is, as of yet, not so common in popular music, making it useful for bringing in some freshness to your compositions. So today we're going to see what exactly it is, where

We are going to learn how to use diminished chords in progressions. But before learning their use, it is important to understand tension...

In this article we are going to take a look at diminished chords. We'll learn how to make them, understand their variations and basic theory

In this part, I will explain the 3 major ways of using modes to make music: Harmonic, Melodic, and Compositional.

This is part 2 of the series on modes. Here we will take a look at each mode individually, and understand why they sound the way they do.

Modes are, without the shadow of a doubt, my favorite concept in music theory. They are so simple, and yet such a powerful tool that brings a freshness to songs. In this post, I am going to explain the concept at the very basic level, and in future articles, explore the ways in which you can use them in your own music. P.S.- You need to know what is a major scale, and how to find the notes of any major scale before reading. What is a mode? A major scale has seven notes, and t

Lyric writing is a skill that even seasoned musicians struggle with quite often. Creative blocks, lack of inspiration, limited vocabulary, fear of writing something cheesy or just not being confident enough to put words to your music. Be it any of those reasons, a lot of music producers just choose the route of making instrumental music to avoid writing lyrics. Don't get me wrong. There is a place for instrumental music, and in fact, writing an engaging instrumental is no sma