Learn how to incorporate non-diatonic chords. Victor Wooten said it best – notes that are not naturally found in a key can be used to make the notes that are in the key sound better.

Musicians are storytellers. Understanding harmonic functions of chords helps you to write meaningful chord progressions, ultimately allowing greater musical freedom.

How do you write and play chord progressions? Let's look at notation, finding the diatonic chords for major and minor keys and some examples of chord progressions.

Learn how to major and minor triads are created and how to integrate them into your playing. Tip: use the Wheel of Fifths to quickly see which notes are in any major or minor triad.

This lesson discusses another way to create scales – by counting the number of sharps and flats in a key. This can easily be done using the Wheel of Fifths Songwriting Tool.

Learn how to quickly create major and minor scales in any key by using one of the most common ways to create major and minor scales – the interval scale pattern approach.

Let's look at intervals in more detail. Intervals refer to the difference in pitch between notes and are used to explain many concepts in music theory – from chords to scales.