A local teen is using music to help children with disabilities, and he’s hitting all the right notes. Heather Walker shares ...

A cadence is formed by two chords at the end of a passage of music. Sometimes the final cadence of a piece in a minor key ends with a major chord instead of the expected minor. This effect is ...

Composers added chromatic notes to their chords and melodies to make their music more expressive. In the slow movement of Sergei Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2, the opening flute melody ...