The Shed: The Free Music Theory Resource for the Modern Musician
Originally a tool to help students with music theory, Bob Habersat and Paul Levy have built The Shed into a fantastic resource for all music learners.
5 Tips on Preparing for your First Ear Training Course
Is there an ear training course in your future? Don’t go there without being prepared! Just Another Flutist gives five tips on how to be ready for class.
About the Power of Solfa
Solfa is the do-re-mi system of naming notes and it’s a powerful way for any musician to learn to recognise notes and chords by ear. Learn more here.
What are some good online games for learning solfège?
There seems to be a real lack of online solfege games – which is a pity given how powerful solfege can be for developing relative pitch! There are lots of ear training games, and there are some good solfege resources, but we haven’t come across any good...
And Three Makes Triad: Hearing Chords With Solfege
Did you know that solfa can be used to recognise different types of chord? Here is how to practice this useful skill, with step by step exercises you can do.
Musical U Member Spotlight: ChristineP
ChristineP will inspire you with her Musical U journey and her steady progress, transforming her learning and expression with the inner musical skills.
Solfa and the Score: Pentatonic Improvisation
Explore how to use the pentatonic scale and solfa as the basis for your sung improvisation. This exercise will help you internalise the solfa syllables.
Hearing Chord Progressions, Part 3: Minor Keys
Minor songs sound rich and exotic but listen to the bass and it all falls into place. Learn for yourself how to identify minor chord progressions by ear.
Expand your Musical Understanding (and Have Fun) with Solfa Hand Signals
Using Solfa hand signals can help you better understand the relationship between pitch and notes in the music you sing. Give it a try and have a little fun!
Starting Solfa: Finding Your Tonic (Hold The Gin!)
Finding the tonic note is the first step to transcribing or transposing the music you hear using solfege. Discover how to do it with these simple steps.
Pozzoli and the Spoken Solfeggio
Spoken solfeggio as developed by Ettore Pozzoli is an effective way to learn the instinct for solfa syllables, helping you to transcribe and sight-sing.
Finding the Tonic in Major Keys, Part Two
Learn how to find the tonic of any piece of music and practice with these well-known popular songs and classical pieces in part two of this tutorial.
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