https://www.musical-u.com/learn/improve-musical-ability/
What types of activities will help you get better at music?
Apart from playing music, or listening to great shows like the Musicality Podcast, there are plenty of non-music activities that can help you improve your musical abilities.
The Musical U team breaks down three of them for you:
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/improve-musical-ability/
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/five-notes-will-change-your-life-pentatonic-scales/
🎸What if there was one scale that reined supreme amongst all the other mere mortal scales?
Well, it may not reign supreme exactly, but the pentatonic scale is certainly the most useful.
By the end of this tutorial from the team at Musical, you’ll understand how to build the pentatonic scale and use it in your musical practice.
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/five-notes-will-change-your-life-pentatonic-scales/
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/seriously-enjoyable-music-learning-shelle-soelberg/
What if music theory wasn’t difficult or boring?
We’re joined by Shelle Soelberg, the founder of Let’s Play Music, who shares some simple insights and skills to transform the way you experience being a musician.
Listen to this episode and learn how to use theory as a powerful tool for your musical creativity.
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/seriously-enjoyable-music-learning-shelle-soelberg/
W/Let’s Play Music – Making Musicians
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/musicality-means-knowing-slang/
Artists are the embodiment of everything that is wrong with this world – and we mean that good kind of “wrong”!
Peculiar lifestyle, appearance, mind, creative process and of course the language. As a person who made the decision to dedicate one’s life to art you have to represent your artistic vision to its fullest.
An essential part of this is knowing the slang, or “jargon”, that is used in the scene or niche you belong to.
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/musicality-means-knowing-slang/
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/songwriters-secrets-mastering-the-melody/
Having great lyrics is only the first step in the songwriting process.
To really shine, a great set of lyrics needs a good melody: a tune that the audience finds memorable and enjoyable.
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/songwriters-secrets-mastering-the-melody/
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/think-cant-sing-ask-10-questions/
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.
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/think-cant-sing-ask-10-questions/
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/start-ear-training/
Every musician knows that training your musical ears is an important part of becoming more musical.
But how should you get started?
Find out in this article.
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/start-ear-training/
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/writing-songs-the-beatles-way-with-matt-blick/
🎶What makes a great song tick?
We spoke with Matt Blick from Beatles Songwriting Academy, a website dedicated to analysing every single Beatles song to inspire and guide songwriters to better and easier songwriting.
Since founding the site in 2009 Matt has written over 500 detailed posts on what he’s learned from studying the songs of the Beatles – and he’s written over 300 songs himself.
Enjoy this full episode for some incredible insights in to songwriting – including what actually causes writer’s block and how to fix it.
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/writing-songs-the-beatles-way-with-matt-blick/
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/introduction-to-chord-progressions/
🎹The backbone behind countless unforgettable songs is a simple chord progression.
Understanding chord progressions is the key to understanding your favourite songs, and writing your own tunes.
Ready to dive in? Let’s get started!
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/introduction-to-chord-progressions/
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/awareness-innovation-and-reflection-with-michael-compitello/
🎶Are negative thoughts holding you back in your music practice?
We had the pleasure of talking with Michael Compitello, a celebrated percussionist, composer and educator. Michael discusses the value of taking a “growth mindset” to music learning. He also shares some tools that can help you handle negative self-talk when it arises.
Enjoy this conversation and learn how a habit of reflection can help you past sticking points, improve your practice efficiency and accelerate your progress.
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/awareness-innovation-and-reflection-with-michael-compitello/