https://www.musical-u.com/learn/7-ways-accelerate-ear-training/
You’re working hard on your ear training.
Maybe it’s to recognise intervals and improvise or play chords by ear on guitar, or learn to sing in tune.
Whatever your goal might be, regular practice is essential. If you’re putting all that time and effort in, make sure you’re getting the maximum results you can.
Here are 7 ways you can get more from your ear training practice and move faster towards your musical goals.
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/falling-in-love-with-tango-with-charlotte-dupuis-of-nuevo-nocturna/
Musicians are creating surprising careers by following their hearts.
Without ever thinking of being a professional musician, violinist Charlotte Dupuis fell in love with tango music and went on to form one of Europe’s most in-demand original tango bands.
We stumbled upon Nuevo Nocturna’s music and sought Charlotte out to learn more about her, the band and about tango music itself:
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/falling-in-love-with-tango-with-charlotte-dupuis-of-nuevo-nocturna/
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/talent-vs-practice-in-music/
What is talent?
Are you born with it – or does it seem to develop over time?
The amount of controversy over nature vs nurture can be somewhat overwhelming.
One thing everyone agrees on is that the most skilled musicians have worked hard to get there.
It’s hard to dispute the thousands of hours the great (and maybe the not-so-great) musicians you hear on the radio or in concert have practiced to become who they are.
With this in mind, how much did talent contribute to their success?
Find out in today’s article.
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/does-your-song-need-some-drama-add-these-5-techniques-to-your-song-writing-toolkit/
Bringing a song you’ve imagined in your mind into the real world can be difficult.
Songwriters need every tool available to them to ease the process.
Today let’s talk about one common point of frustration and some of the techniques you can use to overcome it:
DRAMA!
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/interacting-with-others-while-improvising/
When you think jazz, what do you usually think?
Improvisation, right?
Well, in order for improvisation amongst several players to go smoothly, there must be interaction – a conversation.
This conversation is carried out via a number of different musical devices and techniques. Among these are imitation, call-and-response, and many more.
If multiple musicians are playing together and they are not on the same page, things can get ugly very quickly.
On the other hand, if everyone is “in tune” with each other and actively engaged, you can really achieve some great things in the moment.
Today, we will go over some of these approaches and how they can be executed most effectively.
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/tonic-game-inspired-improvisation-interview/
There are many reasons that musicians shy away from improvisation, but perhaps the biggest is that they simply don’t know how to get started.
A new game of cards and dice called @tonicmusic.co aims to solve that problem by giving any musician easy-to-use nuggets of improvisational inspiration.
We invited the Tonic‘s creator, Scott Hughes, to tell us more about the game.
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/what-are-the-best-headphones-for-ear-training/
What are the best headphones for ear training?
This article explains the headphones vs earphones choice, and what to consider when making a choice for your precious cans.
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/think-cant-sing-ask-10-questions/
Many times we want to sing better, but don’t quite know what’s wrong to begin with.
It just sounds bad.
There are as many ways of singing badly as singing well.
Understanding just what makes a voice sound bad will help us to see that there are steps each of us can take to improve and learn to love our voices.
We pose 10 questions to ask yourself to find out if you can sing. There’s also some tips for improving.
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/matching-pitch-and-chords-by-ear-resource-pack-preview/
This month our Resident Pros sink their teeth into the topic of chords!
Chords add feeling, richness, and depth.
They save us all from the one-dimensional nature of only hearing one note played at once.
They give context to the melody, colour the music, and elevate our favourite tunes from a string of notes to a complex, harmonious masterpiece.
In this resource pack you will learn how to contextualize chords in music, use them to understand harmony, and pick them out by ear.
and there’s something special for singers!
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/open-your-ears-to-some-rocking-blues/
The blues can be thought of as the great grandfather of modern music.
Since it started in the late 1800s in Mississippi, the blues has influenced many genres of modern music: country, jazz and rock to name a few.
For this active listening exercise we chose a 5-song set influenced by the blues.
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/open-your-ears-to-some-rocking-blues/