Violet Recording Editorial Team

A clear guide to house music subgenres — deep, tech, acid, French, future, Afro and more — with real origins, BPM ranges and the…

The main types of house music explained clearly: deep, acid, tech, progressive, French and more, with real origins, tempos, chords and artists to know.

What is a mode in music? A clear, beginner-friendly guide to the seven modes, how they are built from the major scale, how each…

Major vs minor key explained simply: the one note that flips the mood, the scales and chords behind each, and quick, easy ways to…

What is a scale in music? A clear beginner guide to scales, major and minor, how they are built from whole and half steps,…

What is a chord inversion? A plain-English guide to root position, first and second inversions, slash chords and using them to voice smoother progressions.

Learn how to use the circle of fifths to find keys, spell scales, build chord progressions and modulate — a clear, practical guide for…

What is a key signature? It’s the sharps or flats printed after the clef that set a piece’s key. Learn to read, count, name,…

What is a time signature? A plain-English guide to reading the top and bottom numbers, counting 4/4, 3/4, and 6/8, and telling meter apart…

Music note values explained simply: how whole, half, quarter and eighth notes work, what dotted notes, ties and rests mean, and how each maps…