I know what some of you might be thinking reading this heading… “A key is the little piece of metal with teeth that I put in the lock...

All of the other notes are going to add some color to that root note and some are going to have a stronger, more pleasing sound than others. ...

A chord family is a group of chords that get together on major holidays and fight over gifts and the dinner menu.  Ok…. no it’s not.  But remember...

A riff is a musical phrase or a hook that gets played more than once.