Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We’ve all played them, but how many of us can say we know how 7th chords actually work? There’s more to them than meets the eye… ...

An overview of the many uses for the extremely versatile diminished 7th chord and how great composers over the last 6 decades ...

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A study suggests that minor and major seventh chords are the happiest sounds in music, but today’s songwriters are ditching them in favour of simple minor chords. But why does this matter? We all love ...

There are two basic types of chords: major and minor. In their most simple form they have three notes called a triad. Because we’re lucky enough to have six strings on our guitars these three notes ...