Songwriter’s Secrets: Writing Harmonies
Part of the songwriter’s secrets series, this tutorial guides you through how to write harmonies. Learn this 6 step process and add harmonies to your songs.
Songwriter’s Secrets: How to Write a Song Without an Instrument
It is possible to write a song even without an instrument – this article explains how you can do it just using listening skills and modern technology.
Open your Ears to some Rocking Blues
Open you ears to this 5 Song Set influenced by the blues. Listen out for the bluesy elements in these unique songs from five great international artists.
How to Strum and Fingerpick 3- and 4-chord songs by ear: Top 5 Videos
We’ve collected the best 5 videos on how to strum and fingerpick any 3 or 4 chord songs you have learned, taking your guitar skills to the next level.
The 7 Best Videos to Learn 4-Chord Songs
A collection of the 7 best video tutorials on how you can use 4-chord progressions to play dozens of favourite hit songs on guitar. It’s as easy as 1-4-5-6!
The 5 Best Videos to Learn 3-Chord Songs
A collection of the 5 best video tutorials on playing 3-chord rock and pop songs on guitar. Playing your favourite tunes is as easy as 1, 2, 3 – or A, D, E!
Playing by Ear, with Brad Mavin: Adding the 6 Chord
Learn to play by ear with this series. Now we introduce the six chord which adds a minor feel to chord progressions and some ear training exercises which help.
Ear Training Exercises For Playing 3 Chord Songs
Thousands of pop and rock songs rely on just three or four chords and chord progression ear training teaches you to play these chords by ear. It’s easy to see why you should learn the popular I-IV-V chord progressions but the question remains:How do we begin?And...
Chord Ear Training How-To: Chord Progressions
Learning to play chords by ear and improvise freely over chords are essential ear training goals for many musicians. Chord ear training is a big topic but can be broken into two main skills: recognising chord types and identifying chord progressions. In this article...
Chord Ear Training: What is it and What can it do for you?
Chords are a fundamental part of music.Musicians consider melody, harmony and rhythm to be the three core components of any piece of music. Chords are how we tend to think about harmony. Why are chords important to musicians? Take all the notes playing at any given...
Why You Should Learn To Play By Ear FIRST
Playing by ear is not an advanced technique, or a gift you must be born with. It’s actually a simple learnable skill you can start doing today. Learn how.
