How Can You Tell the Difference Between Musical Styles and Time Periods by Ear?
Music can tell you a lot about its history, even when you don’t know the composer or the piece’s name. A harpsichord, a balanced Classical melody, a dramatic Romantic passage, or an unusual modern harmony can all give you clues about when it was written. Once you learn to notice these details, listening to music […]
9 Blues Guitar Chords
There’s a moment every blues guitarist gets to. You’ve got your scales down, you can hold a rhythm, but something still feels missing. That warmth, that grit, that unmistakable soul. More often than not, what’s missing is 9th chords. They’re the sound you’ve been hearing on old Stevie Ray Vaughan records without quite being able […]
How to Play the B-Flat Major Scale on Piano
The B-flat major scale might not be the first scale most beginners reach for; that honor usually goes to C major, but it’s genuinely one of the more useful scales to learn early on. It sits in a sweet spot on the keyboard. Not too awkward, not too obvious. Once you get the fingering down, […]