A slash chord such as A/B features a triad over a non-root bass note. In this case, an A major with a B in the bass (check ...

Melodies, meanwhile, tend to be simple affairs using mainly a handful of notes from the parent scale, dependent on whether the song is in a major or minor key. Let’s create a simple pop/R&B chord ...

and adding an F (G - B - D - F). A cadence is formed by two chords at the end of a passage of music. Sometimes the final cadence of a piece in a minor key ends with a major chord instead of the ...

Firstly, it may have been made major when it should be minor. For instance, in the key of C major, we can take the iii chord of E minor (E, G, B) and make it E major by raising the third, G, to G#. G# ...

and adding an F (G - B - D - F). A cadence is formed by two chords at the end of a passage of music. Sometimes the final cadence of a piece in a minor key ends with a major chord instead of the ...