Chord hieroglyphics can take several forms. We unravel the mysteries of one of the most symbolic and common examples ...

Altered chords should not scare anyone. Here are five shapes to explore when looking for a chord with some dramatic dissonance ...

In this lesson, Molly unlocks elements of her guitar style by sharing six of her favorite licks derived from the modes of the ...

rootless closed-voicing chords, and diminished whole-tone scales (sometimes referred to as the 7th mode of the melodic minor scale) under my fingers and in my brain. You can get such a hip sound ...

No theory practitioner would advise you do as these great artists did, but the brilliance of their songs speak for themselves ...

Knowing how to make chord progressions is essential to writing great music. A chord progression is like a chain of chords ...

George Harrison may have been a fairly quiet guitar hero, but when he did speak up, every one of his breaks spoke volumes.

A major Grammy haul and a juggernaut Super Bowl performance have left Lamar standing over his rap rival like a triumphant ...

Kendrick Lamar, one of hip-hop’s most venerated artists for the past decade, performed “Not Like Us,” a diss track aimed at ...

For his next trick, magician Michael Carbonaro will reappear on Long Island. The Oakdale native makes his triumphant return home at the Paramount in Huntington on Feb. 22.

A lustrous scion of fin-de-siècle Vienna, she was born Alma Maria Schindler, the daughter of the operetta singer Anna Bergen ...