Musicality World

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Learning how to write down music in traditional notation can seem difficult, often requiring a few years of good ear training practice. But it needn’t be so hard!

Read on to learn some of the basics of rhythm and notation, find great musician resources, and test your rhythm skills.

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The Metronome, love it or hate it, is an invaluable tool for locking in your timing.

Although it is often misused and disliked by beginner music students, a metronome can be the ear trainer’s best friend.

Find out what the metronome can do for you and how to use it. By the end of the article you’ll want to be best friends with your metronome!

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Improvisation is a wonderfully fun musical activity but it can be challenging to learn.

Now whatever instrument you play, genre you prefer, or level you have reached, let’s dive into the twelve ways you can become a better improviser!

Be sure to grab that free downloadable cheat sheet! It’ll come in handy for improving your improv.

https://www.musical-u.com/learn/mindful-practice-makes-perfect/
If you play an instrument, you know that it’s impossible to get better without practice. But how should you practice? Many people simply draw the conclusion that it’s only about how many hours you can spare. But research shows that that’s not the only thing it comes down to.

Perhaps you would like to practice more efficiently?

Hobby Helpl and Musical-U take a closer look at mindful practice and how you can give it a try. This is not only something that will make you a better musician, but also eliminate a lot of frustration and help you to focus on the task at hand.

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Of course, everyone knows that exercise is good for a person’s health. However did you know that consistent exercise might actually help make you a better musician too?

As a musician, you likely spend much of your time practicing. While this is a great habit to have, it can also be detrimental to your health and, in turn, the very music you’ve been working on so hard. This is due to the fact that playing an instrument doesn’t necessarily require a lot of extreme physical movement but can occupy the majority of your free time – leading some musicians to go through life in a very sedentary manner.

Here are six ways regular workouts can help you become a better performer.

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Chord progressions make up the backbone of most popular and classical compositions. Without a strong chord progression, tunes can seem lost and aimless.

This constant pull between tension and release creates a delicate balance in songwriting. In a nutshell, chords constantly move back to the tonic chord of a song. But composers and songwriters can spice up their progressions and put a twist on this tendency with a handy technique known as “secondary dominants.”

In this article you will learn how to recognize secondary dominants and use them for songwriting, jamming and more awesome musical activities!

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It’s been said that a house is only as good as its foundation. Regardless of what you’re trying to build in life – be it relationships, businesses, or rhythm – just remember that it’s all about the foundation.

This is especially important in music; your foundational knowledge will serve as the base on which you build all your other musical skills!

If you’ve embarked on a journey to become a skilled rapper, the first thing you must do is learn how to count beats; this is your foundation for rapping and without it, everything else you try to build rhythmically will crumble.

ColeMizeStudios joins Musical-U to talk about what a beat is, how to listen for it and how to use it to make good raps.

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Wouldn’t it be awesome to be one of those guitarists who just shows up and jams? No sheet music, no chord charts, no endless YouTube tutorials… How do they magically seem to know and play every song—even songs they never heard before?

Well, if you think it’s because they spend 25 hours a day, fingers-to-the-fretboard, memorizing every song under the sun, you may be surprised! While they may practice a good deal, their calloused fingers are often matched by well-honed ears.

Read on to discover why your ears are the key to true freedom on the fretboard and the essential areas to study if you want that seemingly-magical ability to play any song on guitar.

https://www.musical-u.com/learn/piano-fun-mastery-insights-from-melanie-spanswick/
Melanie Spanswick is one of the leading voices in piano education, running the popular Classical Piano and Music Education Blog and writing for a variety of respected music publications including Music Teacher Magazine, International Piano Magazine and The Daily Telegraph.

She has also curated and presented an interview series entitled Classical Conversations, speaking on camera to some of the world’s greatest pianists.

We invited Melanie to share her perspective on what beginners should consider when starting piano, and how they can use improvisation and slow practice to develop their musical ear.