“Espresso” was written by Carpenter, Amy Allen, Steph Jones, and the track’s producer Julian Bunetta, best known for writing and producing a big swath of One Direction’s output. Jones and Bunetta seem ...

From bossanovas to Carole King and even James Bond villains, the major seventh can completely change your song’s mood.

About three quarters of the way through the first movement the music climbs to a point of high tension, and at that moment a chord rings out: it fixes something essential about the piece ...

Musicians from the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra have been swapping concert halls for hospital wards. A pilot programme with ...

If you have ever tried to learn guitar, then you know it is all passion, frustration, and sometimes just utter comedy.

Chord Music Partners found solid investor demand last week for a US$732.55m debut securitization that finances its US$1.1bn acquisition of music publishing rights from Kobalt Capital last October. The ...

A cadence is formed by two chords at the end of a passage of music. Sometimes the final cadence of a piece in a minor key ends with a major chord instead of the expected minor. This effect is ...

whose lifelong dedication to music has culminated in his heartfelt debut single release at age 62, titled “Three-Chord Town.” Set to drop on January 15 along with an official music video ...