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

Ear Training News Vol. 8

It’s an exciting time for musicianship, aural skills and new methods of ear training. Here’s our top picks for the news you need to know. Contents: New Musicianship Initiative Launched Theta Music at TEDx Tokyo Teachers (video) How important is the...

Bass Tone Podcast

Discover the ins and outs of the sound of the bass guitar in this series dedicated to the lowest of the lows. Upright bass, electric bass, fretless bass, acoustic bass. Bass amps and bass audio effects. Tune your ears to all things bass! Read the series View the...

Ear Training News Vol. 6

We’ve been keeping our eyes and ears open for interesting ear training links for you! Here’s what we found recently. As always, let us know if you have any to add! Jump to: The most famous opening chord ever? Four levels of musical awareness 5 minutes to a...