Creating suspense in music can be achieved in a number of different ways, but for instant suspense gratification, there's nothing quite like a diminished chord. It's a fairly safe bet to suggest that ...

Unless you happen to be making the most minimal techno, it’s inevitable that, pretty soon into your music production journey, you’ll be using chords. That’s to say that you’ll be using playing ...

Sometimes you just need a chord that spooks the hell out of you, and that’s when you reach for something diminished. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Augmented and diminished chords have something of a bad reputation. Whenever anyone makes a joke about an overly complicated piece of music, they’re usually part of the punchline. In actual fact, ...

In music, an interval is the distance between two notes. In the example below, count up from and including the lowest note up to the highest pitched note to identify the interval. This interval is ...