6 Simple Steps to Play By Ear with Solfa
Playing melodies by ear can be easy with the right framework. Learn a 6-step process to learn the powerful solfa approach to relative pitch.
Christopher Sutton
Founder and Director of Musical U, Christopher Sutton is a lifelong passionate musician, dedicated to the mission of helping people to achieve their true, full musical potential.
Educated at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge (BA) and Queen Mary, University of London (MSc) Christopher founded Musical U (then, Easy Ear Training) in 2009 to pioneer new ways to make musicality training easy, fun and effective.
He is the creator of best-selling iOS apps Relative Pitch and SingTrue and the viral sensation ToneDeafTest.com. He has authored hundreds of articles and tutorials on Musical-U.com as well as countless other websites and publications, including Making Music Magazine and Total Guitar Magazine.
He is the host of Musicality Now the popular audio/video podcast focusing exclusively on musicality, where he's had the chance to interview over 100 world-leading experts, as well as sharing his own insights and guidance based on the methodology and frameworks created inside Musical U membership.
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Posts by Christopher Sutton
What is Musicality?
Musicality is a vague and confusing word for something very important: being musical. So what does musicality really involve and can you learn it?
Musical Children, Melody Transcription, Tango and Sampling Sounds
Raising musical children, transcribing a melody, playing the world with digital sampling, and celebrating with an amazing tango. Read on to learn more.
Jam and Gig Success, Jazz giants, Rock history, Transcribing, and Teams
Discover the secrets to successful jam sessions and gigs, the power of a musical team, and the highlights of jazz and rock music history.
The Secrets to Jam Session Success, with Kim Alexander
Joining a musical jam session can be intimidating. Discover the tips and tricks that make it easy to succeed in this interview with jam pro Kim Alexander.
What’s New in Musical U: August 2016
Discover what’s new inside Musical U this month, including a new training module for Finding the Key by ear and a totally-revamped Member Profiles system.
Arranging Songs, Finding the Key, Jazz Improv History, and Promoting Gigs
Learn the history of jazz, and how to arrange songs, find the key by ear, get fans to your shows and listen for consonance and dissonance in music.
What exactly is Musical U? Peek inside and find out
Musical U is a web-based training system for all the essential skills of musicality. Discover what it’s really like in this new video tour.
Perfect Pitch, Writing Melodies, Major vs. Minor and Booking Gigs
What’s the key to making it in music? Is it perfect pitch, writing great melodies, mastering ear training, booking hundreds of gigs, or something else?
Piano ear training, starting transcription, jazz improv and planning a show
Although piano, transcription, improvisation and putting on a successful live show may seem hard, they don’t need to be. Get tips on each right here.
Practical Ear Training for Piano with Albert Frantz (key-notes.com)
On the piano, you can see what you’re doing, but can you hear it? Albert Frantz of key-notes.com shows us how crucial ear training is to playing piano well.
All about Improvising! Plus Performing, and 5 Unique Instruments
Get started easily with improvisation using these three free resources, and discover what it takes to rehearse for a successful live music performance.
