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Why Elton John Went Minor on the Most Defiant Line in 'I'm Still Standing'
Microtonal Mayhem Goes Viral: Why Angine de Poitrine's Music Shouldn't Work (but Does)
Oscar Peterson's 'Hymn to Freedom': How Gospel Passing Chords Became a Civil Rights Anthem
How Carole King Used Suspended Chords to Write One of Music's Greatest Comfort Songs
30 Years Later, the Goo Goo Dolls' 'Iris' Is Taking Over TikTok: The Story Behind Its 4-Strings-Tuned-to-D Sound
Shakira Snuck an Afro-Colombian Dance Genre Into Zootopia 2's Theme: The 4 Chords Behind 'Zoo' With Ed Sheeran
St. Patrick's Day Needs 'Danny Boy': Ireland's Most Mysterious Melody Is One of the Hardest to Sing
Yo-Yo Ma Performs Pablo Casals’ ‘Song of the Birds (El Cant dels Ocells)’
Pure Nostalgia of Minecraft’s ‘Wet Hands’: How C418 Turned One Chord Change Into an Emotional Gut Punch
Ella Fitzgerald Quoted Wagner and Gershwin Mid-Solo on ‘Blue Skies’ and Made It Sound Like They Belonged There
Bruno Mars Broke Down the Three Genres Behind ‘Risk It All’: Bolero Rhythm, Mariachi Strings, and R&B Soul
Gorillaz Perform ‘Clint Eastwood’ on SNL, the Hit Built from a Suzuki Omnichord Preset
David Gilmour Turns 80: The Two ‘Comfortably Numb’ Solos Capture Everything Great About His Playing
Isata Kanneh-Mason Champions Clara Schumann: Thunderous ‘Scherzo No. 2’ Deserves a Women’s History Month Spotlight
‘MacArthur Park’ on Ice: How Alysa Liu’s Olympic Gold Sent Donna Summer’s Disco Epic Back to No. 1
How Sienna Spiro Turned a ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Mistake Into Her First Billboard Hit
Lou Reed Would Be 84 Today, and ‘Perfect Day’ Still Holds His Greatest Contradiction
Jacob Collier Turned 15,000 Fans Into a Choir Singing Coldplay’s ‘Fix You’ at the O2
Chick Corea’s ‘Spain’ Finds New Soul in Barbora Botošová’s 2026 Romani-Inspired Violin Performance
As Zelda Turns 40, ‘Zelda’s Lullaby’ Is Iconic for a Reason: How Koji Kondo Turned 8-Bit Limits Into Strength
Taylor Swift’s ‘Opalite’ Returns to No. 1 — and Its Classic Harmony Helps Explain Its Staying Power
Willie Colón’s Legacy Lives On — and ‘Idilio’ Reflects the Brassy, Urban Salsa He Made His Own
