https://www.musical-u.com/learn/fascinating-rhythms/
The world would be a very boring place without interesting rhythms.
Rhythms that move our bodies, make our souls dance, and unite us all through incredible beats.
Let’s go on a rhythmic journey and explore fascinating rhythms from some popular songs.
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/a-guitar-method-that-works-for-teachers-and-students-with-david-hart/
Learning guitar takes time, patience, and most of all, practice.
But so many guitar students begin with enthusiasm and quit in frustration.
The David Hart’s G4 Guitar Method succeeds where traditional one-on-one lessons often fail.
With its systematic teaching method, goal-oriented approach, and emphasis on playing, this method ensures that students remain engaged, motivated, and on track.
It’s no surprise that G4, which began in a suburban music school, has enjoyed worldwide acclaim from students and teachers alike.
We invited David to chat with Musical U about why and how the G4 Guitar Method works for both students and teachers, and the secret of the 80/20 principle for learning guitar efficiently.
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/the-case-for-good-enough-the-8020-principle/
Have you ever noticed you tend to gravitate toward the same things in your closet?
That’s because people often spend 80% of their time wearing the same 20% of their clothes.
This idea is also used often in economics.
For example, many companies state that 80% of their business comes from 20% of their customers.
The Pareto Principle, or the 80/20 principle, is the concept that 80% of what a person puts out in any given situation comes from just 20% of what they put in.
Did you know this same idea applies to music, too?
Read on to discover how to apply this principle to music.
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/major-minor-keys/
Understanding major and minor keys is a fundamental musical skill.
Yet it’s one that is often neglected by many aspiring musicians.
To truly create original music, though, a musician needs to hone the ability to distinguish between these two.
To make the experience less intimidating for you, here are two simple ways to tell the difference between major and minor keys.
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/3-ways-interpret-favourite-piece-music/
Interpreting is a core musical skill.
One of the fascinating things about being a musician is that you can perform the same piece that has been played by thousands of musicians for centuries – while still communicating it in a way that makes it sound completely unique.
What allows such individuality? Your interpretation.
David Hall, the course director of classical piano at Finchcocks, shares 3 ways to interpret your favourite piece of music.
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/bass-tone-podcast-6-bass-fx-part-2/
Time to increase your bass effects education!
In this podcast you’ll learn all about:
• What modulation effects are and how they work
• The Chorus and Flanger effects and how they impact your tone
• The sound of Wah-Wah effects, and why they combine well with distortion effects
• Pitch-shifter effects (including octaver effects)
Check out this sweet article!
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/4-tips-learning-read-music-fun-way/
Few subjects in music have the same ominous portent as the phrase “reading music”.
Sadly, there are many of us who have nothing but bad memories on the subject, like a spectacle-wearing piano teacher forcing us to memorize the mnemonic “every good boy does fine”.
Or being in high school band and having to sight-read awful marches from pages stained with the tears of former members.
Braedin Lewis, founder of JamAlong Music Method, joins us to share 4 Tips for Learning to Read Music –
the Fun Way!
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/solfa-transcription-practice-exercises/
Wish you could write down the music you hear?
Solfa is a powerful framework for easily translating the sounds you hear into notes on the page.
Here is a small set of practice exercises to help you practice applying solfa skills to the task of transcribing music.
We’ll use just three keys: C, F and G major.
Check out these exercises and see how you do.
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/solfa-and-the-score-sight-singing/
Can you sing a melody direction from the written score?
It’s a challenge for most singers.
Fortunately, solfa provides an easy way to sight-sing confidently.
So far in this series we’ve covered how to internalise the solfa syllables, and focused on the pentatonic scale as a simple starting point.
Now we’ll look at how you can use these pentatonic solfa skills to sight-sing from the score.
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/5-fundamentals-for-success-in-music/
Maybe you are just starting on your musical journey
Or haven’t picked up an instrument in a long time.
You watch some crazy musician slash away at a mind-boggling guitar solo on YouTube, wonder how you could become a Top 40 songwriter, or just listen in awe to a singer that sounds like an angel from heaven.
And then you wonder, “Will I ever be that good?”
The truth is that it takes years of practice, dedication, and even failure to get to a high level of musicianship.
No one is born singing like Mariah Carey, turning classical music on its head like the Piano Guys, or jamming out like Metallica.
The good news is that the steps for doing so are clear and totally doable.
In this article you will learn five ways to hack yourself into good music habits.