The song Robert Plant found most difficult to sing: “It’s one of the toughest”
From the man with the legendary banshee wail behind 'The Immigrant Song' and 'Rock and Roll', hear what Robert Plant ...
5 easy exercises for your hands, wrists, forearms and elbows to alleviate desk job aches and pains
In this six-part series, we'll give you quick exercises for different body parts to help you stay limber and alleviate pain ...
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“The net result of this process is a progression which sounds smoother, calmer and more musical”: The value of adding chord inversions
It's very simple to join one chord to the next in the context of a chord progression, and one of the tools in your armoury ...
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All Those Pop Songs You Love? That’s Not Magic, That’s Melodic Math, and This Is How It Works
A great pop song might feel like magic, but it's actually melodic math (and the helping hand of prolific producer Max Martin) ...
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“Learning how to mix is almost as important as hitting on your original musical idea”: New to the mixing process? Start here
Don't let a brilliant song be swallowed up in a bad mix by following our guide to the central principles of the process ...
‘Satisfaction’ and ‘Day Tripper’: What is the best 1960s British invasion guitar riff?
The British invasion may have introduced guitar riffs to a whole new generation of players, but did The Beatles or The Stones ...