is set toSlane, a lovely Irish tune. As a boy, I used to sing it walking home at dusk, after basketball or track practice. I‘ve always loved the way, in just 4 verses, it embeds us prayerfully in the
When compared with the Minor mode, wherein the tonic triad is constituted by a minor a 3rd and a perfect 5th (i.e., minor chord), the Locrian mode’s tonic is composed of minor 3rd and diminished 5th (i.e., diminished chord). Because of their composition, the diminished chords are ...
“I’ve always been fascinated with aristocracy,” Lorde toldRolling Stonearound the time “Royals” came out of nowhere to take the Number One spot on the U.S. charts. Written “in like half an hour” by a 15-year-old New Zealander taking influence from the diamond-encrusted swagger of...