What You May Not Know About Blues Harmonica, with David Barrett
We interview harmonica master David Barrett on the relationship between harmonica and the Blues, and how to go beyond licks and riffs to unlock true improv.
6 Ways to Create A Musical Environment for Children
Learn six easy ways to foster a musical environment for your children and grow their appreciation for music outside a formal setting.
Exploring the Chord Genome, with Austin Brentley
Musical U interviews Chord Genome Project creator Austin Brentley on the power of chords and how learning just four will unlock a world of playable music.
Hearing Secondary Dominants
What are secondary dominants and what do they contribute to chord progressions? Learn how to hear them in a progression and how to use them in songwriting!
About Keeping it Simple
The Musical U team discusses the benefits of keeping it simple when it comes to music, and how simplicity can be used as a foundation to build on.
Unlocking Your Musicality: Part One
We asked eleven experts to share the one thing they’ve learned that can help musicians to tap into their inner musicality – here are their answers!
About Playing Like Singing
Learn about how your singing voice and the language and inflection it contains can help you become a better, more expressive instrumentalist.
About the Moods of Modes
How can we understand, hear, and improvise with the seven musical modes? In this episode, we discuss an easy ear-based approach to working with modes.
Singing Basslines to Improve Musicianship
Understanding harmony is an incredibly useful skill to have as a musician. Learn how singing basslines can help you elucidate a song’s harmonic structure.
About Frequencies in Music, Part Two
The Musicality Podcast revisits the topic of audio frequencies to discuss the two major reasons you will want to understand this useful concept.
A Meeting of Musical Minds, with Carpool Tunnel
Musical U interviews San Francisco-based indie band Carpool Tunnel on their chance meeting, their open-minded approach to songwriting, and life on the road.
Growing Into A Mighty Oak, with Andy Wasserman
Musician, composer, and educator Andy Wasserman discusses the Lydian Chromatic Concept, a theory that will forever change how you think about tonal music.
