By Paul Yarbrough for the UCCA  In a recent phone interview, John Reischman could barely disguise his fondness for memories ...

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

Jim Oblon drops some blues science, demystifying the practice of alternating between parallel minor and major pentatonics ...

Figure 1 presents a rhythm pattern for a 12-bar blues shuffle in the key of G, with all of the chords in the I - IV - V progression – G, C and D – voiced as three-note shapes with the 5th in ...

It is possible to create smooth inversions in your chord progressions on instruments such as the guitar, however due to the nature of bar-chords, many guitarists and guitar-driven music tends to move ...

Another quality that has helped this music to stay fresh, 60 years on, is the fruitful tension between the traditional and the modern; the use of conventional folk and country melodies and chord ...

Mayo Performing Arts Center has revealed their March lineup of performances including singer-songwriter Matt Nathanson and ...

So while the horns basked in the limelight, guitarists had to make do strumming chords ... blues music as well as Charlie Christian and Django Reinhardt. He started playing guitar at the age of 12 ...

Radek Faksa’s tip goal midway through the third period was the difference, and the Blues recovered to hold off the Calgary Flames, winning 2-1 at Enterprise Center on Tuesday. The Blues (21-20-4 ...

The fourth of 12 children ... with a capo on the fourth and the chord shapes of Am-C-G-Am-G-Am, it skips along at a pacey 111bpm. “It’s a great chord progression,” Parton told NPR.