{"id":16278,"date":"2016-04-09T17:34:39","date_gmt":"2016-04-09T22:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pianowizardacademy.com\/campus\/?p=16278"},"modified":"2016-05-01T16:42:51","modified_gmt":"2016-05-01T21:42:51","slug":"how-basic-chords-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pianowizardacademy.com\/campus\/blog\/music-theory\/how-basic-chords-work\/","title":{"rendered":"How Basic Chords Work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How Basic Chords Work - Music Theory Lesson 1\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5Y01jIorpeA?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This lesson is on chords, how they work, and the basic intervals that make them up. 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