Bass – MuseScore https://musescore.com/news Music news, analysis, and education from MuseScore.com Thu, 27 Aug 2026 13:49:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/wpnews.musescore.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/cropped-cover_85.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Bass – MuseScore https://musescore.com/news 32 32 253427791 The Rembrandts Rewrote The FRIENDS Theme Without Warner Bros. TV’s Approval https://musescore.com/news/features/the-rembrandts-rewrote-the-friends-theme-without-warner-bros-tvs-approval/ Thu, 27 Aug 2026 13:48:52 +0000 https://musescore.com/news/?p=3015 The Friends cast photographed with The Rembrandts.

Verse two and the bridge weren't part of the original deal. The band wrote them on their own for the 1995 full-length version, and when Warner Bros. Television found out, they weren't asked first.]]> 3015 ‘Paint It Black’: The Phrygian Mode Behind The Rolling Stones’ Riff https://musescore.com/news/features/paint-it-black-the-phrygian-mode-behind-the-rolling-stones-riff/ Wed, 20 May 2026 17:30:00 +0000 https://musescore.com/news/?p=2664 The Rolling Stones performing live in 1966 in Stockholm, Sweden.

In 1966, pop radio was all about the usual major keys, minor keys, and an occasional bluesy bent third. Then, The Rolling Stones built a hit around the flat second of the Phrygian mode, an interval more common in flamenco and Indian classical music. Almost nobody on the Top 40 radio was doing it.]]> 2664