Indie guitar chords thrive on bending musical rules, blending open strings, modal flavors, and unexpected progressions to create a sound that’s both familiar and fresh. They’re about emotional ...

Can a chord feel like it’s asking a question? In this video, we explore the emotional and musical impact of unresolved and ...

Johnny Cash's Hurt hits way different in A Major, as much so as Ring of Fire in G Minor. The dissonance in tone between the chords is, ahem, a minor one: simply the third note lowered to a flat. But ...

Musical chords seem to mimic human emotions , according to Duke University neuroscientists. In two new studies, researchers found that the musical scales most commonly used over the centuries are ...

Why are some musical chords so inherently pleasing while others sound so obviously dissonant? A study of a group of people with the genetic condition amusia, which causes sufferers to incorrectly ...