Music: Practice & Theory Stack Exchange is a question and answer site for musicians, students, and enthusiasts. It only takes a minute to sign up.

Sign up to join this community
Anybody can ask a question
Anybody can answer
The best answers are voted up and rise to the top
Music: Practice & Theory

Explore our questions

Ask Question
more tags
Active Hot Week Month
1 vote
5 answers
185 views

What do the chord symbols on each bar mean?

user45266's user avatar
user45266
  • 12.6k
4 votes
1 answer
83 views

Resolving chordal 7ths (Maj7, min7, V7, etc.) (melodic vs harmonic tendency)

phoog's user avatar
phoog
  • 20.4k
1 vote
3 answers
128 views

Why does this vi-ii-V-I progression evoke a sense of ii-V-I-vi?

Community's user avatar
CommunityBot
  • 1
8 votes
6 answers
3k views

Why don't guitar chords and staff notations match each other?

Bill Milagro's user avatar
Bill Milagro
  • 1
1 vote
3 answers
113 views

In harmonic syntax (“root progressions”), does only the root matter, or the entire chord?

ttw's user avatar
ttw
  • 25.1k
4 votes
1 answer
345 views

How to Identify & Complete Sequences

Aaron's user avatar
Aaron
  • 82.3k
6 votes
3 answers
442 views

What chord do we get by raising the fifth of a minor triad?

El Ectric's user avatar
El Ectric
  • 375
5 votes
3 answers
174 views

How do you recognize open-position chords by ear?

piiperi Reinstate Monica's user avatar
piiperi Reinstate Monica
  • 27k
6 votes
3 answers
917 views

How would you notate the chord G# F B E as a substitute for a G7 chord leading to C?

user1079505's user avatar
user1079505
  • 15.9k
1 vote
4 answers
215 views

Why write notes with same letter name an octave apart but in different positions

phoog's user avatar
phoog
  • 20.4k
8 votes
5 answers
872 views

When do you include the bass note of a chord if the bass is the b9?

Laurence's user avatar
Laurence
  • 90.4k
2 votes
2 answers
180 views

What should this chord be called?

Community's user avatar
CommunityBot
  • 1
11 votes
5 answers
2k views

Chord in the Bach d-minor prelude

phoog's user avatar
phoog
  • 20.4k
2 votes
5 answers
1k views

Questions on get a chord's name

Ryan Brewer's user avatar
Ryan Brewer
  • 11
Browse more Questions

Your privacy

By clicking “Accept all cookies”, you agree Stack Exchange can store cookies on your device and disclose information in accordance with our Cookie Policy.