Chord of the week – Pitch the G into a G# or flatten your A with an Ab, the chord remains the same

This week, the spotlight is aimed at G#. Fun fact: whether a note is raised or lowered depends a lot on how you look at it. Let me explain. The G# is a G raised by a semitone. But, when an A is lowered one semitone, you get an Ab which actually sounds exactly like a G#. Yeah, crazy isn't it?

It's the middle of the summer and we all know what that means, right? Time for a sunny summer sale! To express our love for the sun we at Chordify hung a hammock, cooled our lemonade and selected a few summer songs especially for you.

Jam along with Dave Grohl’s PLAY – ‘The reward of putting effort in an instrument is to play’

Dave Grohl is one of the most diverse musicians in the rock business. He plays drums, guitar and is a pretty good singer. We know Grohl as drummer in Nirvana and of course as frontman of Foo Fighters. In his new project called "PLAY" we see that Grohl is even more skilled than we ever thought.

Curious about last month’s most-played summer songs? Read about it here, in July’s Top 5. The Spanish Rosalía - a.k.a Queen of the New Flamenco - appears out of nowhere at number one with her hit “Malamente.

A minor equals classic rock – Chord of the week

One of the most dramatic chords you can grab at the top of your neck is the Am. The scale of this chord of the week consists of the basic notes A, B, C, D, E, F and G. That's why there are countless rock classics written with the Am at the core.

Rapper Juice WRLD is only 19 years old and one of the first of his generation to address the elephant in the room; casualties of drug abuse. Last year rapper Lil Peep died from an accidental overdose. But the 21-year-old artist isn't the only one to bite the dust after abusing substances.

Warning! The versatility of the Dm can make you dizzy – chord of the week

This week we'll discuss one of the most mysterious triads you can play at the top of the neck of your guitar. The D minor has something sad, something exciting, something tough and something scary in its sound. Therefore, it lends itself to many styles.

What do you do as a band when your frontman dies tragically while you are on the verge of becoming world famous? Back in Black is much more than just a hard rock album.

Play along with two brand new Elvis Costello tracks

Finally, after five year the waiting is over. Elvis Costello has reunited with his band The Imposters to enchant his fans once again. He describes the new album Look Now as a quest to find a combination between the sound of Imperial Bedroom (1982) and the emotion of Painted from Memory (1998).

You can't get a lower chord on your six string than the E minor (Em). It's a heavyweight that demands and deserves attention and it's an inspiration for musicians in every genre, because it possesses an almost infinite number of possibilities.