Musicality Now
247 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 99 ratingsEver wondered why some people seem to have a gift for music? Have you wished that you could play by ear, sing in tune, improvise and jam? You are in the right place.
The Musicality Podcast is a mix of interviews and teaching, featuring some of the most inspiring and insightful musicians and music educators, talking about how to learn the core inner skills you need to feel like a "natural" in music and enjoy freedom, creativity and confidence.
Topics include: Playing by ear, Singing in tune, Jamming with other musicians, Having a good sense of rhythm, Writing your own music, Writing notation, Improvising a solo, Talking intelligently about music, Understanding Music Theory, Clapping in time, Knowing your instrument inside and out, Tuning your instrument by ear, Reading notation, Sight-reading music, Playing from a lead sheet, Performing live, and Playing multiple instruments.
The Musicality Podcast is brought to you by Musical U (musical-u.com), the leading provider of musicality training online. Learn more and get shownotes at musicalitypodcast.com.
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245: Q&A: How (and why) should you do ear training for scales?
June 18, 2020 07:00 - 9 minutes - 19.9 MBScales... Most music learners think scales are just an exercise you've got to do as part of learning your instrument. But did you know there's actually a whole area of ear training dedicated to scales? In fact there are two! In this clip from the archive of live member Q&A calls at Musical U we talk about these two types of scale ear training and how each can help you. If you want to get more out of scales and ear training, don’t miss this episode. Subscribe For Future ...
244: Q&A: I sometimes get the notes wrong when I sing - what can I do?
June 13, 2020 16:27 - 16 minutes - 29.5 MBDo you sometimes get the notes wrong when you sing? At Musical U we strongly encourage every music learner to sing because of the huge positive impact it has on your musicality - but what if you find you just can't get the notes right? Here's a clip from the archive of live member Q&A calls at Musical U where we talk about just that. Enjoy! Subscribe For Future Episodes! Apple Podcasts | Android | Stitcher | RSS | YouTube Full Show Notes and Transcript: Episode ...
243: Q&A: If playing music is like speaking a language - what about harmony?
June 04, 2020 07:00 - 6 minutes - 15.4 MBIf playing music is like speaking a language, how should we think about harmony, or playing two hands on piano? We answer that question in this clip from the archive of live member Q&A calls at Musical U. Enjoy! Subscribe For Future Episodes! Apple Podcasts | Android | Stitcher | RSS | YouTube Full Show Notes and Transcript: Episode 243 Links and Resources • Musicality Now - About the I, IV, V and vi Chords • Musicality Now - Choose Your Words Carefully, w...
242: Q&A: Why use headphones and what kind should I buy?
June 02, 2020 07:00 - 10 minutes - 20.4 MBDid you know that wearing good headphones is one of the easiest ways to improve your ear training? Why is that - and what exactly makes a pair of headphones "good"? Learn how to choose the right headphones to level up your ears in this clip from the archive of live member Q&A calls at Musical U. Enjoy! Subscribe For Future Episodes! Apple Podcasts | Android | Stitcher | RSS | YouTube Full Show Notes and Transcript: Episode 242 Links and Resources • Musicality...
241: Q&A: What can you do if you struggle to audiate (imagine music)?
May 30, 2020 00:31 - 29 minutes - 41.2 MBAudiation is one of the most powerful ways to develop your musicality - but what if you find you really struggle with it? In this clip from the archive of live member Q&A calls at Musical U we share some practical tips to help you audiate. Enjoy! Subscribe For Future Episodes! Apple Podcasts | Android | Stitcher | RSS | YouTube Full Show Notes and Transcript: Episode 241 Links and Resources • Musicality Now - About Audiation • Musicality Now - Audiation and Thinki...
240: Q&A: Sometimes I feel like I'm just guessing - is that wrong?
May 25, 2020 01:58 - 8 minutes - 19.1 MBHave you ever felt like you were guessing the answers while working on ear training? Believe it or not, that may not be a bad thing! Find out why in this clip from the archive of live member Q&A calls at Musical U - stay tuned! Subscribe For Future Episodes! Apple Podcasts | Android | Stitcher | RSS | YouTube Full Show Notes and Transcript: Episode 240 Links and Resources • Musicality Now - What Is Ear Training? (and why does it normally fail?) • Musicality No...
239: Getting Out Of Your Own Way, with Dylan Hart
May 15, 2020 03:06 - 1 hour - 117 MBWe’re joined by Dylan Hart, one of the top French Horn players in Hollywood today. He has played on many well-known soundtracks including Moana, Frozen, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Baywatch, The Good Place, and Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. You’re about to hear Dylan’s unlikely journey to becoming a highly-successful session player, concert performer, and French horn teacher. In this conversation Dylan shares: • The importance of “getting out of your own way” when play...
238: Pathways: Oli Fuhrmann
May 10, 2020 20:44 - 1 hour - 113 MBWe are excited to bring you another inspiring edition of Pathways. In this special series of episodes you’ll hear the stories of music-learners just like you, reaching out and lending each other a hand on our musical journeys. We’re speaking with Oli Fuhrmann, a swing dancer and swing dance teacher from Berlin, Germany. Oli started learning piano and trombone in the last three years to play the music he loves to dance to. He’s eager to try new things and happy to risk failure. You’ll h...
237: What is musical “superlearning”?
May 03, 2020 07:00 - 41 minutes - 63.6 MBHave you been feeling stuck on something challenging in music? A section of a piece, a specific technique, an overall plateau, or maybe practice goes fine but then everything falls apart in live performance. Have you felt like you just don’t have enough time for learning your instrument and learning new music? Maybe you feel like you’re putting in the time and effort but just don’t seem to be getting much payoff in terms of results. Have you been frustrated by struggling to memor...
236: Practice Q&A [5/5] How To Spend Practice Time And Prevent Overwhelm
April 25, 2020 07:00 - 12 minutes - 21.3 MBFeeling overwhelmed by all the information about what to practice? This is the fifth and last in a special series of episodes on how to tackle the biggest sticking points in your music learning. We recently surveyed our audience to learn about their experiences with music practice. The results were astounding! Across several hundred responses, we found a handful of really common and painfully frustrating practice issues – including, “How can I know what to practice?” To answer th...
235: Practice Q&A [4/5] How To Stay Consistent - Without Discipline
April 23, 2020 07:00 - 7 minutes - 14 MBHave you lost your motivation for practice? This is the fourth in a special series of episodes on how to tackle the biggest sticking points in your music learning. We recently surveyed our audience to learn about their experiences with music practice. The results were astounding! Across several hundred responses, we found a handful of really common and painfully frustrating practice issues – including, “I feel bad because I don’t practice enough” To answer these big burning quest...
234: Practice Q&A [3/5] How To Conquer Tricky Sections And Break Through Plateaus
April 21, 2020 07:00 - 6 minutes - 12.8 MBStruggling to get that complex section up to tempo? This is the third in a special series of episodes on how to tackle the biggest sticking points in your music learning. We recently surveyed our audience to learn about their experiences with music practice. The results were astounding! Across several hundred responses, we found a handful of really common and painfully frustrating practice issues – including, “How do I break through plateaus?” To answer these big burning question...
233: Practice Q&A [2/5] How To Get Maximum Results In Minimum Time
April 18, 2020 20:23 - 7 minutes - 14.8 MBCan you get results from only 10-15 minutes of practice? This is the second in a special series of episodes on how to tackle the biggest sticking points in your music learning. We recently surveyed our audience to learn about their experiences with music practice. The results were astounding! Across several hundred responses, we found a handful of really common and painfully frustrating practice issues – including, “How do I get the most results out of my practice time?” To answe...
232: Practice Q&A [1/5] How To Find More Music Practice Time
April 17, 2020 18:38 - 7 minutes - 14.9 MBDo you have enough time to practice your music? This is the first in a special series of episodes on how to tackle the biggest sticking points in your music learning. We recently surveyed our audience to learn about their experiences with music practice. The results were astounding! Across several hundred responses, we found a handful of really common and painfully frustrating practice issues – like, “How do I find time for music?” To answer these big burning questions, we invite...
231: Creative Improv for Classical Musicians, with Laura Nerenberg
April 08, 2020 07:00 - 1 hour - 95.1 MBWe’re joined by violinist and Suzuki pedagogue, Laura Nerenberg. Laura is founder of Rideau Falls Violins where she teaches based on the principle that all children are born with the potential to develop a high level of instrument ability and creative ability. Laura shares the inspiring story of how she learned to combine improvisation and classical violin - and how improvisation has impacted her teaching. In this conversation we talk about: • Laura’s upbringing learning v...
230: Pathways: Joanne Cooper
April 02, 2020 18:16 - 37 minutes - 53.8 MBWe are delighted to bring you another inspiring edition of Pathways. In this special series of episodes you’ll hear the stories of music-learners just like you, reaching out and lending each other a hand on our musical journeys. We’re joined by Joanne Cooper, a longstanding member of Musical U, who has particular expertise in a piece of software called Band In A Box. Joanne’s musical life has never been the same since she started using Band in a Box. She went from writing zero songs t...
230: Pathways: Joanne Cooper
April 02, 2020 18:16 - 37 minutes - 53.8 MBWe are delighted to bring you another inspiring edition of Pathways. In this special series of episodes you’ll hear the stories of music-learners just like you, reaching out and lending each other a hand on our musical journeys. We’re joined by Joanne Cooper, a longstanding member of Musical U, who has particular expertise in a piece of software called Band In A Box. Joanne’s musical life has never been the same since she started using Band in a Box. She went from writing zero songs t...
229: Four "Defaults" For Positivity And Success, with Brent Vaartstra (Learn Jazz Standards)
March 30, 2020 20:05 - 25 minutes - 37.4 MBRight now, millions of people around the world are choosing to stay in and help prevent the spread of COVID-19. In this challenging and unprecedented time, Musical U’s priority is to provide new free training daily to keep you engaged, excited, and learning during your extra time at home. We’re continuing to collaborate with world-class music educators to bring you everything you need to continue honing your musicality in this time. In this interview, Brent Vaartstra of Learn Jazz Sta...
228: Authentic, Engaging, Cooperative Learning, with Zach VanderGraaff (The Dynamic Music Room)
March 26, 2020 20:02 - 50 minutes - 69.9 MBWe’re excited to have Zach VanderGraaff, the founder of Dynamic Music Room, on the show. Mr. V (as his students like to call him) is a K-5 music teacher who’s developed his own teaching philosophy drawing on the Kodály approach. Zach shares many of our core beliefs here at Musical U. He believes that “talent” is a myth, that music learning can and should be enjoyable, that the learning process should feel musical, that it’s more effective to learn together with others, and much more. ...
227: Stay In. Play On!
March 23, 2020 13:31 - 9 minutes - 9.14 MBHi, this is Christopher Sutton from Musical U, and this will be a special short announcement episode to invite you to Stay In - and Play On. If you're watching this episode when it airs then you'll be well aware of the current situation with the worldwide pandemic of COVID-19. Now I'm not here to offer health advice or news updates - no doubt you've got enough of that flying at you already. But it seems clear that the sooner people self-isolate, the more lives can be saved. ...
226: Choose Your Words Carefully, with Glory St. Germain (Ultimate Music Theory)
March 04, 2020 08:00 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MBWelcome to a very special edition of Musicality Now. We invited Glory St. Germain of Ultimate Music Theory back on the show to teach something very specific. Glory overflows with joy as she shares this powerful lesson. Transformative vocabulary is a broad concept that many successful people apply in their lives. In this episode Glory St. Germain teaches how you can apply transformative vocabulary to your musical life. You will learn how to use words that uplift you - and fuel your exci...
225: How The Best Play Their Best, with Annie Bosler
February 26, 2020 08:00 - 49 minutes - 45.7 MBWe were thrilled to speak with Annie Bosler, a world class French Hornist who has played with John Williams, Josh Groban, Michael Feinstein, Itzhak Perlman and Paul McCartney. Annie has performed for famous shows such as Glee, The Ellen Show, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and The 2020 Grammy Awards ceremony. Surely such a high-level performer is long past any concerns of stage fright or performance anxiety, right? That’s not always the case. In this conversation Annie shares invaluab...
224: The Biology Of Musicality, with Prof. Henkjan Honing
February 19, 2020 08:00 - 52 minutes - 47.9 MBWe were honoured to speak with Professor Henkjan Honing, one of the leading researchers of music cognition and biomusicology. The science behind musicality is at an exciting early stage, so there are at least as many intriguing questions as answers in this fascinating conversation. Professor Honing has written two books exploring the science of musicality: The Evolving Animal Orchestra discusses what we can learn about musicality from the animal kingdom and The Origins of Musicality ...
223: Your Peak Performance Toolkit, with Mark Morley-Fletcher (Play In The Zone)
February 12, 2020 16:35 - 1 hour - 85.1 MBWe’re joined by Mark Morley-Fletcher from Play in the Zone. Mark is a jazz guitarist turned peak performance specialist. He’s developed a system for helping everyday music learners tackle performance anxiety. Mark has taken ideas and techniques from the world of performance psychology and drawn them in to a clear, coherent framework. He does a fantastic job of tying the underlying concepts behind performance to practical tips you can apply right away in your own musical life. In...
222: Getting Into The Music And Into Flow, With Diane Allen
February 05, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 69.2 MBToday we’re joined by Diane Allen, a former concertmaster violinist with the Central Oregon Symphony for 15 years. Diane speaks on the topic of flow and finding your own personal “flow strategy” to reach your full potential, in music and anywhere else in your life. In the past, “peak performance” and “performance psychology” were the exclusive realm of top-level professional performers. Now these ideas are becoming more accessible and applicable to everyday learners and musicians. Dian...
221: Pathways Jon Magnusson
January 29, 2020 08:00 - 48 minutes - 44.2 MBWe are delighted to bring you another exciting edition of Pathways. In this special series of episodes you’ll hear the stories of music-learners just like you, reaching out and lending each other a hand on our musical journeys. Today we’re speaking with Jon Magnusson, a Swedish songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and father who has done what many in our audience dream of: made music his full-time profession. In this inspiring conversation you’ll gain insight not only in to the business ...
220: How to Achieve Rapid, Unstoppable Progress in Music Learning
January 23, 2020 08:00 - 12 minutes - 11.5 MBWhat if you could learn music so fast, people would assume you’re a genius? Imagine jumping over any learning hurdle, breaking through any plateau, and gaining professional-level instrument skills in a fraction of the time. These things are possible. One of our most popular recent interviews by far was with Gregg Goodhart of Learn Like A Genius. Gregg specialises in taking all the latest research and understanding of how the human brain can most effectively practice, and actually put...
219: Learning to Love Leadsheets, with Ruth Power (Piano Picnic)
January 16, 2020 08:00 - 29 minutes - 26.8 MBWe are joined by Ruth Power of Piano Picnic, home of high quality online training courses for pianists. However, this is not our usual kind of interview episode. We’ve invited Ruth to talk about something very specific: lead sheets. Ruth brings a fun energy and creativity to the teaching process, and her material is always really cool and interesting. When we heard she was releasing a new course called Lovin' Leadsheets we knew had to bring her back on the show! If you’ve never...
218: Composing For Games, with Dan Hulsman (VGM Academy)
January 10, 2020 07:37 - 1 hour - 61.6 MBToday we’re joined by Dan Hulsman founder of The VGM Academy, the leading website dedicated to composing video game music. Dan helps aspiring composers from around the world hone their composing skills and break into the VGM industry! The VGM academy is packed full of tutorials, resources, expert interviews, courses and workshops covering all aspects of the industry. Dan teaches everything from composing melodies, to using new technologies, through to marketing and career building. ...
217: Rewind: Reflections
December 30, 2019 16:24 - 39 minutes - 36.2 MBWe’ve had an incredible year at Musical U! Since switching from audio-only to video interviews at the beginning of 2019, we’ve had the opportunity to speak with amazing musical experts from all over the world. In this special Rewind episode of MusicalityNow, the Musical U team reflects on some of the episodes from 2019 that had a big impact on our musical lives. We’ve all learned so much and were really excited to share some of our a-ha moments with you! We are so grateful to have the hono...
217: Rewind Reflections
December 30, 2019 16:24 - 39 minutes - 36.2 MBWe’ve had an incredible year at Musical U! Since switching from audio-only to video interviews at the beginning of 2019, we’ve had the opportunity to speak with amazing musical experts from all over the world. In this special Rewind episode of MusicalityNow, the Musical U team reflects on some of the episodes from 2019 that had a big impact on our musical lives. We’ve all learned so much and were really excited to share some of our a-ha moments with you! We are so grateful to have the hono...
216: Pathways - Sharilynn Horhota
December 18, 2019 23:30 - 1 hour - 71.4 MBToday we’re excited to share another Pathways story with you! We are joined by Musical U member Sharilynn Horhota. Before her engineering career and three children, Sharilynn was headed towards becoming a professional flute player. Now she has returned to the flute in a surprising way. Sharilynn has been sharing her journey on her Musical U Progress Journal. The Progress Journal, or PJ, is a system we use inside the Musical U site for members to share their progress, ask questions, and...
215: What Music Practice Really Means, with Jonathan Harnum (The Practice Of Practice)
December 11, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 76.3 MBToday we’re talking with Dr. Jonathan Harnum, whose PhD research was focused on the topic of music practice. Dr. Harnum studied how a wide variety of musicians think about and execute practice to be able to reach such high levels of ability. The result of Dr. Harnum’s research is a book called The Practice Of Practice, which we strongly recommend checking out. The Practice of Practice is a highly-readable treasure trove of all the latest ideas, understanding, techniques and insights ...
214: Mind Before Fingers, with Marilyn White Lowe (Music Moves For Piano)
December 04, 2019 08:00 - 57 minutes - 52.7 MBToday we’re joined by one of the leading Gordon-trained music educators and author of Music Moves for Piano, Marilyn White Lowe. Music Moves is an innovative approach to teaching piano, which from the very beginning incorporates all of the “inner skills” we focus on here at Musical U, such as improvising, playing by ear, composing your own music and collaborating with other musicians. Music Moves uses Dr. Edwin Gordon’s Music Learning Theory, which codifies how the human brain learns...
213: How to Learn Like a Genius, with Gregg Goodhart
November 27, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 92.4 MBToday’s guest, Gregg Goodhart, specializes in taking all the latest research and understanding of how the human brain can most effectively practice, and actually putting it to practical use, in music lessons and classrooms. Through his innovative Practiclass project he’s able to prove by on-the-spot demonstration with real students, just how effective these techniques can be for breaking past longstanding plateaus and reaching new heights of instrumental ability. Gregg’s YouTube chan...
212: From The Notes On the Page To Artistry And Mastery, with Dennis Alexander (Premier Piano Course)
November 20, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 65.2 MBToday we have the honour of talking with one of the top authors of piano books over the last nearly 35 years: Dennis Alexander. With over 400 publications and recordings on Alfred Music, including Alfred’s flagship piano method Premier Piano Course, Dennis is one of the world’s most prolific and popular composers of educational piano music for students at all levels. In 2015 he was awarded a “Lifetime Achievement Award” by the National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy in recognition o...
211: Pathways - Nick Cheetham
November 14, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 56.4 MBIn more than 200 episodes, Musicality Now has brought you interviews with the world’s leading experts on musicality as well as teaching segments on crucial topics to your music learning. But while we’ve been inspired by the accomplishments of educators and musicians who seem to “arrived” musically, something very important has been missing. What is really going on in the day-to-day musical lives of passionate music learners who are still very much on the Pathways to reaching their musi...
210: The Keys to Performance Success, with Dr. Don Greene (Winning On Stage)
November 06, 2019 08:00 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MBToday we have the pleasure of talking with Dr. Don Greene, one of the world's leading experts and practitioners of performance psychology. In his 30-year career Dr. Greene has coached more than 1,000 performers, including top-tier symphony musicians and Olympic gold medalists. Dr. Greene has written eight books, two of which we discuss in this conversation, Performance Success and College Prep for Musicians. He also publishes articles covering all aspects of peak performance psycholog...
209: Side By Side In Music, with Caroline Whiddon (Me2_Orchestra)
October 30, 2019 07:00 - 56 minutes - 51.3 MBToday we’re talking with Caroline Whiddon, the co-founder of Me2/Orchestra, the world's only classical music organisation created for those with mental illnesses and the people who support them. The mission of Me2/Orchestra is to erase the stigma surrounding mental illness, including addiction, through supportive classical music ensembles and inspiring performances. As a society we are only just beginning to figure out how to talk sensibly and openly about mental illness. In thi...
208: Making Music Books More Musical, with Joseph Alexander
October 23, 2019 07:00 - 55 minutes - 50.8 MBToday we’re speaking with Joseph Alexander, the man behind Fundamental Changes, the leading publisher of guitar books on Amazon with over 100 titles in their catalogue and over 150,000 copies sold last year. Joseph's own backstory is a really interesting one and reveals some great insights about learning effectively in the modern era, whether self-taught or with a teacher. Fundamental Changes has been leveraging the dramatically changing landscape in the world of book publishing to pr...
207: What Is Ear Training? (and why does it normally fail?)
October 17, 2019 07:00 - 55 minutes - 50.8 MBFor this episode of Musicality Now, we turned the tables on our usual format. Adam Liette, Musical U Operations Manager is taking over for our normal host, Christopher Sutton – and Christopher is our guest! Adam sat down with Christopher and asked him two important questions: 1. One that many musicians think they know the answer to: “What is ear training?” 2. And one that is a sticking point for most music learners: “Why isn’t ear training working?” If you’re watching or ...
206: Your Connection To Music, with Dave Isaacs (The Perpetual Beginner)
October 15, 2019 07:00 - 1 hour - 60.7 MBToday we are welcoming back Dave Isaacs, “The Nashville Guitar Guru”! We interviewed Dave on episode 60 of the show, where we talked about his own musical journey from aspiring classical guitarist to learning improv, switching to playing popular styles including country rock, teaching. He shared his major lessons learned as a musician and music teacher, which he shares at Nashville Guitar Guru. Dave is the author of the brand new book, The Perpetual Beginner, A Musician’s Path to Li...
205: Unlock Your Potential By Understanding Your Mind, with Nick Bottini
October 09, 2019 07:00 - 1 hour - 64.4 MBToday we’re talking with Nick Bottini, a career and performance coach who has worked with high performers from around the world including child prodigies, competition winners, rock stars, entrepreneurs, international sportspeople and elite music college students. Nick is the author of Just Play: The Simple Truth Behind Musical Excellence, a best-selling book which challenges the current thinking on performance psychology and offers a fundamentally different way of thinking about the experi...
204: Nature, Nurture, and your Duvet of Music, with Robert Emery
October 02, 2019 07:00 - 1 hour - 73.7 MBToday we have the pleasure of speaking with Robert Emery, a concert-pianist turned conductor and Musical Director. He’s worked at venues from London's Royal Albert Hall to the Sydney Opera House and with some of the top names in the world of music such as the UK’s best-selling classical artist Russell Watson and Stewart Copeland, drummer from The Police. He’s also the host of Backstage with Robert Emery, a new podcast featuring behind-the-scenes interviews with star musicians and top-level ...
203: In Perfect Swinging Harmony, with the Quebe Sisters
September 25, 2019 07:00 - 1 hour - 74.9 MBWe’re joined by Hulda, Grace and Sophia, The Quebe Sisters, a progressive western swing band that have been blowing people away and winning fiddle contests from an early age - and have been growing a large and devoted fanbase ever since. They have been featured in Musical U tutorials on harmonic ear training because of their unique style of three-voice fiddle playing as well as vocal harmony. In a past interview solo pianist Michele McLaughlin talked about how she and her sister ref...
202: Making Improv a Game, with Jeffrey Agrell
September 18, 2019 07:00 - 1 hour - 68.3 MBToday on the show we have the pleasure of interviewing one of our favourite people in the world of music education, Jeffrey Agrell. He has pioneered a game-based approach to learning improvisation and written 9 books on the topic, including “Improvisation Games for Classical Musicians” which by itself features over 500 games you can use to learn to improvise in an easy and enjoyable way. Jeffrey was a professional French horn player, to the level of becoming a college professor in hor...
201: About the Circle of Fifths
September 11, 2019 07:00 - 36 minutes - 33.8 MBHave you heard of the Circle Of Fifths? If you're like most musicians you have heard of it, you've probably read about it, you maybe understand it, you haven't yet memorised it and you only know one thing it's useful for. The result: you're not actually using it anywhere in your musical life. The Circle Of Fifths is simply the 12 notes of Western music arranged in a certain order around a circle: C G D, A E B, F♯ C♯ G♯, D♯ A♯ and F - and of course those sharps can be named with flats ...
200: What is Musicality?
September 04, 2019 07:00 - 17 minutes - 15.7 MBWhat does “Musicality” mean? Naturally we have our own ideas here at Musical U but a recent survey revealed that maybe we’ve actually missed the mark a bit… In this episode we share exactly what “musicality” means to our Musical U members - and what it could mean for you. Subscribe For Future Episodes! Apple Podcasts | Android | Stitcher | RSS | YouTube Full Show Notes and Transcript: Episode 200 Links and Resources • Musicality Now - Welcome to the Musicalit...
199: Rewind Ease and Joy
August 28, 2019 07:00 - 58 minutes - 53.6 MBWhen we think of music learning, we often think of the really hard work that goes into learning any instrument. Or that our goals are a long way off and will take years of dedication just to get there - But, what if we took the approach that the simple process of learning music is fun and filled with enjoyment? In this special rewind episode of Musicality Now the Musical U team discusses Ease and Joy in Music Learning. Subscribe For Future Episodes! Apple Podcasts | Android | S...
198: How Composers Improve, with Matthew Ellul (School of Composition)
August 21, 2019 07:00 - 56 minutes - 51.4 MBToday We’re speaking with Matthew Ellul, the man behind School Of Composition, an online resource for anyone who wants to learn to compose music, offering free tutorials as well as eBooks and personal tutoring for aspiring composers. Composing and song writing are often the end goals which inspire people to join our membership here at Musical U and so we’re very conscious of the things which tend to hold people back from really pursuing or succeeding with writing their own music, and ...