Author: Musicality

https://www.musical-u.com/learn/how-to-sing-harmony-like-a-pro/
Do you have trouble hearing or singing harmonies?

Creating harmony with other human voices is great fun and can be a profound musical experience. If you can sing a melody in tune, you can teach your ears how to sing harmony lines as well.

Like most things in music, harmony singing is a skill that can be practiced and mastered.

Here are four effective (and fun) ways to learn how to sing harmony:

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https://www.musical-u.com/learn/the-many-moods-of-musical-modes/
Scales are pretty incredible. A collection of notes played in ascending order has the ability to tell a story and convey a mood.

Music Theory 101 and practical lessons often neglect to mention that there’s a whole other collection of scales that can evoke moods and atmospheres beyond the cheerful-morose binary.

Let’s dive into the MODES!

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https://www.musical-u.com/learn/make-the-jump-from-musician-to-composer-with-composer-boot-camp-101/
With over 15 years’ experience of writing music under her belt, Sabrina Peña Young has composed classical and commercial music, worked on film soundtracks, and even created a groundbreaking virtual opera of her own, called Libertaria.

Now, wanting to help others try their hand at composing, Sabrina has created Composer Boot Camp 101, a resource containing all the basics you need to know for modern composing.

https://www.musical-u.com/learn/make-the-jump-from-musician-to-composer-with-composer-boot-camp-101/

With Sabrina Peña Young

https://www.musical-u.com/learn/four-chords-and-the-truth/
If you want a stone cold hit you need to write a four chord song!

With so many chords to choose from, why do so many hit songs end up with the same four chords?

So what are the secrets behind those four magical chords?

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https://www.musical-u.com/learn/rhythm-training-101-study-syncopation/
Where’s the beat?

Read on for your introduction to how syncopation affects the feel of music, how to develop your ear for it, and how to apply it to your instrument to create your own songs with syncopation.

Then, try our syncopation exercises to practice what you’ve learned!

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https://www.musical-u.com/learn/musicality-means-performing-live/
There’s nothing like the thrill of live music!

Why is this such an important component of musicality?

Find out with the Musical U team.

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https://www.musical-u.com/learn/open-your-ears-chant-music/
In western and eastern cultures—really across the globe—chant is deemed foundational in terms of musical expression, musical style, and performance practice.

It has for centuries served as a way to deliver vital, human messages related to religion and spirituality.

Through chant melodies, many liturgies have managed to thrive and perpetuate their teaching across generations.

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https://www.musical-u.com/learn/listening-skills-key-developing-harmonica-sound/
Listening skills are THE key to unlocking your inner musicality!

Let’s explore how listening can help develop harmonica players develop their style… and how you can use these same techniques no matter what instrument you play.

https://www.musical-u.com/learn/listening-skills-key-developing-harmonica-sound/

With Blues Harmonica Kaizen by Fredrik Hertzberg

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Think that you can’t sing? 🎤

Understanding what makes a voice sound bad will enable you to see that there are steps that you can take to improve and learn to love singing 🎉

Get started today with this tips from Musical U!

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https://www.musical-u.com/learn/constructive-and-destructive-criticism/
Is it really all that big a deal?

Think about your own experience of going to a restaurant or a shop. How more likely are we to share a negative experience about some place than we are a positive experience?

Once again, we are twice as likely to tell people about the negative experience. Now take that and think about our words when we comment or critique someone’s musical ability.

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