How Pedal Points and Eighth Notes Build a Sense of Impending Doom in the Opening Riff of ‘Crazy Train’October 9, 2025
The Musical Dissonance in Rage Against the Machine’s ‘Testify’ Creates a Sense of Both Despair and HopeJune 25, 2025
How a Ukrainian Folk Song Welcoming Spring Became the Beloved Christmas Song ‘Carol of the Bells’December 23, 2024
How Pink Floyd’s Frustration With the Music Industry Was Reflected in ‘Have a Cigar’September 26, 2024
How Dissonance and Anticipation Add Complexity to Led Zeppelin’s Viking Anthem ‘The Immigrant Song’March 4, 2019
How Modal Interchange and Deceptive Cadence Keep Up the Momentum in Elton John’s ‘Bennie and the Jets’April 8, 2019
How the Use of Atonal Harmonies Help Make the Classic Jethro Tull Song ‘Aqualung’ So PowerfulJanuary 4, 2019
Why Cover Songs That Don’t Stray Too Far From the Original Version Inevitably Invite Critical ComparisonMay 13, 2019
How Pink Floyd Used Odd Metering, Organic Loops and Travelling Bass Line to Create the Iconic Song ‘Money’February 4, 2019
Gently Debunking the Old Longfellow Adage That Says ‘Music Is the Universal Language of All Mankind’January 16, 2019
