Hi, What’s Your Name? Discover your Secret Power over Music
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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
New App! Listen and Learn with the London A Cappella Festival 2013
You may have noticed us going a little a cappella crazy here on EasyEarTraining.com lately… First we tackled the What and Why, then the How of using a cappella music for ear training. There was a reason! We’ve been working on something special for the...
A Cappella for Ear Training: Tips
Now you’ve got the What, Why and How of using a cappella music for ear training, all that’s left is to share a few tips to make your journey a bit easier.
A Cappella for Ear Training: How
There are many aural skills which benefit from focused a cappella listening. Here are some ideas, examples and tips for starting a cappella ear training.
A Cappella for Ear Training: What? Why?
What is a cappella ear training and why should you be using a cappella music for your own ear training even if you don’t sing? Find out in this article.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays: Share our holiday ch-ear!
It’s that holly jolly time of year again, and we have some festive suggestions for your ears this Christmas! After all, if even a busy man like Santa can keep up with his ear training, surely you can squeeze a little in… Free Christmas Ear Training...
Utterly Integral: Playing by Ear with Steve Lawson
Steve Lawson is one of the world’s leading solo bassists and a forward-thinking music educator. Here’s his ear training advice.
Think playing guitar is too hard? Guess again with NowStartABand.com
If you’ve ever been intimidated by the sheer number and variety of chords used in music, it can be useful to remember the power of the three chord trick and the number of four chord songs out there. This weekend, taking part in the Music Hack Day in London, Easy...
HAPPY HALLOWEEN to all our musical fiends!
Once again Halloween bursts forth in a cacophony of horrible howlers – and we join with them in wishing you all a very Did you subject your ears to our various Halloween-themed activities, tutorials and tests this year? Improvisation Inspires Your Spooky...
New track! "Halloween Robo-Bop" teaches Chord Progressions
“Halloween Robo-Bop” is a fun and eerily romantic Halloween song which will teach you about chords and chord progressions, and introduce you to some varieties of the classic “one four five” progression.
Trick or treat! (3)
Halloween creeps closer. Your sense of discord… grows! Listen to this sound and answer our fiendish question. Is it a satisfying treat… or a little bit tricky? What horrible discordant intervals are these three chimes? This challenge of discord is really a...
