Need a challenge? Take your favorite happy song and type the title into YouTube, followed by “in a minor key.” You’ve likely had this distinction drilled into your head by popular music and movies: ...

Beyoncé’s hypnotic new single, “Break My Soul,” has topped the Billboard Hot 100, and if pandemic restrictions continue relaxing, you’ll soon experience this ebullient ’90s-inspired house jam on a ...

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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 ...

The fingerstyle-guitar renaissance of the last five years has produced some phenomenal talents, most notably those showcased in the three-volume-strong Imaginational Anthem series. The many diverse ...

Boston-based singer/songwriter Eilen Jewell could be the poster child for the saying, "Big things come in small packages." There's a Blythe-doll quality to the slight, soft-spoken Idaho native: a ...

Bob Marley’s compositions, particularly “Redemption Song” and “No Woman, No Cry” (which he is believed to have written although he reportedly gave the credit to a friend to escape a contractual ...