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Learn how verse, chorus, and bridge function in popular music, how they shape emotion and momentum, and how to use them effectively in songwriting.

Learn how modulation and key changes work in real music, from pivot chords and dominant preparation to abrupt modulations and creative applications.

Learn how tonic, dominant, and subdominant functions shape music, including substitutions, secondary dominants, passing chords, and practical progressions.

Learn what musical intervals are, how to identify them, and how to use them to improve your harmony, melody, ear training, and guitar technique.

Explore the melodic minor scale in classical, jazz, and modern music. Learn its historical origins, ascending and descending forms, harmonic applications, modes, and real musical examples.

Explore the Phrygian dominant mode, the characteristic scale of flamenco and Arabic music. Discover its unique features, harmonic tensions.

Discover the secrets of the harmonic minor scale, its structure, applications, and how to use it in your musical compositions.

Learn how to compose a song from scratch using chord progressions, scales, melodies, and proven songwriting structures. Includes practical tables and musical examples.

Essential topics for understanding and mastering music theory. From basic concepts like scales, intervals to advanced concepts like harmony and composition.

Personalize your guitar learning journey with this guide. Starting point to explore the guitar and enjoy the process of learning something new.

Extended chords and suspended chords can enhance your compositions, adding new harmonic dimensions to your progressions. Learn about 7, 9, 11, 13, sus chords.

Chords and their types. From major and minor to dominant chords and their applications in composition. How to build chords and improve your musical ability.

Learn how to create some of the most iconic rock chord progressions. Understand key relationships and build powerful harmonic progressions for your songs.

Explore the Ionian mode, the foundation of Western music. Learn its structure, how to use it in compositions, and iconic song examples in this mode.

Dorian Mode, an ancient Greek mode with a unique sound blending minor and major qualities. How to apply it in your compositions with chord progressions.