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SONGWRITER
Bennie and the Jets: the opening piano chord and disastrous recording sessions in Jamaica
Bennie and the Jets is inarguably one of Elton John's most popular songs first released on the Goodbye Yellow Brick Road...
ORCHESTRA
Lully's Passacaglia of Armide revised by Bear McCreary in Outlander score
The passacaglia is a slow dance that originated in Spain at the very beginning of the Baroque era, initially performed a...
SONGWRITER
In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida: Iron Butterfly's longest song anticipated metal genres
Released in 1968 by the American psychedelic rock band Iron Butterfly, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida remains to be one of the most...
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SONGWRITER
Minnie the Moocher: essential step in the history of scat singing by Cab Calloway
Minnie the Moocher is an iconic jazz composition showcasing essential examples of scat singing—a vocal technique for...
Music Theory
8 songs to introduce Aeolian mode and natural minor scale
Over the past centuries, the composition of polyphonic music has been primarily focused on seven diatonic scales...
SONGWRITER
Foxey Lady and the Hendrix chord
Foxey Lady is one of the most distinctive Jimi Hendrix live songs played by him at almost every gig starting in 1967....
Violin
The art of Carnatic violin by Lalgudi Jayaraman
Lalgudi Jayaraman was an Indian violinist whose impeccable performing technique, coupled with his deep understanding of...
ORCHESTRA
Gabriel Faure's Pavane as the key to modern revival of early genre
The pavane—a slow processional dance of Italian origin—was quite common in Europe during the transition period from the...
Guitar Amplifier
Bogner Shiva: boutique guitar amplifier found its tracking in metal genres
Bogner Shiva is a powerful guitar amplifier that has earned the title of a true guitarist's darling, being the first...
Music Theory
Plagal cadence exemplified by 9 songs in all diatonic modes
In musical theory, the term cadence is applied to the chord progressions that create a sense of resolution at the end of...
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SONGWRITER
I Wanna Be Sedated: pure classical harmony cementing the Ramones' hit in punk rock history
Released in 1978 on the Ramones' fourth studio album Road to Ruin, I Wanna Be Sedated remains to be one of the most...
SONGWRITER
Taking off with Pistol Packin' Mama
Pistol Packin 'Mama is a fast-paced upbeat song with humorous albeit somewhat silly lyrics that became a hit in the...
SONGWRITER
Maybellene: Chuck Berry changed the lyrics of his first hit while recording
Maybellene is Chuck Berry's debut single that could be viewed as a marker of the beginning of the rock-and-roll era....
ORCHESTRA
Capriol Suite: early dances arranged for modern orchestra by Peter Warlock
The Capriol Suite is one of the most popular works by the 20th century English composer Philip Arnold Heseltine who...
Music Theory
7 songs featuring Mixolydian mode
The dominance of the major and minor modes in Western classical music has been observed for several centuries, and this...
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SONGWRITER
Subterranean Homesick Blues popularized Dylan's idea of an official lyric video
Subterranean Homesick Blues is one of Bob Dylan's first counterculture hits to transcend genres, owing to the...
Poetry
12,000 Annamayya songs discovered in a Hindu temple after 300 years of oblivion
It is believed that Tallapaka Annamacharya—a 15th-century songwriter who lived in South India—wrote over thirty thousand...
Choir
Shosholoza: meaning and origin of the famous African work song
With its origins going back to the gold mines of South Africa, Shosholoza holds a firm place in the cultural...
SONGWRITER
Shaman's Blues: quintessential The Doors song refined their most controversial album
Shaman's Blues was written by Jim Morrison for The Soft Parade, The Doors' fourth studio album released in the summer of...
Music Theory
Subtonic and leading-tone in cadences
Depending on the interval sequences of a particular diatonic scale, the seventh scale degree can be called subtonic or...
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