Today we’re gonna learn about a curious chord progression that you all can identify in a wide number of popular songs. We are talking about the use of a minor fourth degree (IVm) that adds a melancholic feeling to the phrases’ endings – which we already discussed with the name of cadences. There are many […]
Continue reading →This time we will get some new resources to our composition toolbox. We will learn how to focus the creation of an instrumental solo – be it for guitar, piano, bass or any other instrument. But enough talk, let’s check it out! The Resources The musical resources we are going to discuss can be applied […]
Continue reading →This time we are reviewing one of the most interesting topics regarding music theory that you can use right now: how to make a melody that fits into the chord progression. One of the things that puzzled me when I was new to composing is how can I deliberately know – not by ear only – […]
Continue reading →This time we will talk about cadences, one of the most useful harmonic procedures available to every composer or songwriter out there! Every musical hit you know uses it, every song you like it also makes use of it, which makes it very convenient to learn. Classical music, rock music, R & B music…you name […]
Continue reading →How is ‘good’ defined when it comes to music? Have you ever wondered what makes a chord progression ‘good’? All of them are excellent questions that we are trying to answer on today’s topic! Music History 101: Back in the day, in the 1200s or so – really way back – music was considered an […]
Continue reading →This time we’re going to learn about one of the most popular chord progressions ever. How popular? Well, enough to be part of these musical hits: Cryin’ – Aerosmith Graduation – Vitamin C Basket Case – Green Day Hotel California – The Eagles (a minor mode version of it) Valley of the Damned – Dragonforce […]
Continue reading →For the last few months, we have been working to import full functionality from both our iOS & Android apps directly into a full-service web UI (check out our full web intro here). Previous to these updates, Songtive only operated in ‘view mode’, which allowed users to see and listen to visual representations of chords. We have […]
Continue reading →We are proud to announce that the latest update of Songtive Web has Styles and Drums editors available for you! You don’t need to have Songtive iOS in front of you to see and even create styles or drums which could be used in your composition later. Starting with that update a user profile contains the list […]
Continue reading →Another Songtive update has just became available. One of the major feature in that update is ability to signup using your email; you don’t need to have Facebook, Google+ or Twitter account to start using Songtive. We added ability to create more than one section of the same section type and Songtive will use them randomly as […]
Continue reading →We are proud to introduce a new Songtive feature – Remixes. Starting from that update you will be able to take a song then change chords, styles or drum set and publish it. Let’s see how it works! We are going to change a song All of Me. The original song contains only one style which […]
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