Neo Soul is a style of music that combines elements of Motown and soul with contemporary elements from R&B, hip-hop and electronic elements. In the guitar world, you can expect to see lots of ...

Sprinkle a little magic, wonder and even soul into your chord progressions with this neat music theory device When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

Playing the progression like this instantly conjures up the sounds of funk and '70s soul though it will work in any style and for any guitar, acoustic to clean-toned Stratocaster.

These progressions were never designed to draw attention to the chords themselves, but to propel and enrich the melody. Always it was the melody that mattered most.

The chord progressions in Ed Sheeran’s “Thinking Out Loud” and Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On” are part of a debate about just how much of a piece of music can be protected by law.

Welcome back. This is a continuation of our exploration of chord progressions in songs, both diationic (one key) and chromatic (more than one color, of key). It starts with an example by The ...

Angie Stone's contribution to R&B and neo-soul music has left an indelible mark on the landscape of American music.

I preferred to play more like Milton Brown. I’ve played the basic chord progression from “Soul Of The Machine” — and variations of it —countless times.

Hook Theory is a song database, and after analyzing 1,300 popular songs, looking at the chord progressions in each, it spit back some pretty cool visualizations.