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Chord Progressions

Turning Ordinary People into Musicians, with Casey McCann

Turning Ordinary People into Musicians, with Casey McCann

by Christopher Sutton | Dec 28, 2017 | Podcast, Children, Chord Progressions, Interviews, Performing, Playing By Ear, Teaching

The Musicality Podcast interviews music educator extraordinaire Casey McCann about how she developed musicality, and how she passes it on to her students.

How To Make A Backing Track, with Joanne Cooper

How To Make A Backing Track, with Joanne Cooper

by Guest Expert | Dec 20, 2017 | Practice, Chord Progressions, Ear Training, Improvisation, Instruments, Key, Playing By Ear

Prolific songwriter Joanne Cooper shows you how to make a backing track, and the myriad of ways you can use it for practice, improvisation, and more.

Discovering Minor Chord Progressions

Discovering Minor Chord Progressions

by Musical U Team | Oct 2, 2017 | Chord Progressions, Chords, Music Theory

Learn how to build minor chords and combine them into unforgettable progressions! Our exercises will get you playing through famous progressions in no time.

Seriously Enjoyable Music Learning, with Shelle Soelberg

Seriously Enjoyable Music Learning, with Shelle Soelberg

by Christopher Sutton | Sep 19, 2017 | Podcast, Children, Chord Progressions, Interviews, Solfa, Teaching

What if learning music theory was a mind-blowing and immediately-useful experience? Shelle Soelberg from Let’s Play Music reveals the key.

Hearing Chord Progressions, Part 3: Minor Keys

Hearing Chord Progressions, Part 3: Minor Keys

by Ramona Cojocaru | Jul 17, 2017 | Chord Progressions, Solfa

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.

5 Tips on Preparing for your First Ear Training Course

5 Tips on Preparing for your First Ear Training Course

by Guest Expert | Mar 15, 2017 | Ear Training, Chord Progressions, Intervals, Solfa

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.

Hearing Chord Progressions: I, IV, V in Major Keys

Hearing Chord Progressions: I, IV, V in Major Keys

by Ramona Cojocaru | Nov 14, 2016 | 3 Chord Songs, Chord Progressions, Music Theory, Solfa

Step by step, ear training produces magical results. Find out how to hear the foundational major key chord progressions, with fun examples and exercises.

Hearing Chord Progressions, Part 1: the Dominant and the Subdominant

Hearing Chord Progressions, Part 1: the Dominant and the Subdominant

by Ramona Cojocaru | Oct 17, 2016 | Chord Progressions, Chords, Music Theory | 0 comments

Want to walk into any musical situation with the chord progression to any song? Learn to hear the movement of the chord roots and you’re well on your way.

Discovering Minor Chord Progressions: Part Two

Discovering Minor Chord Progressions: Part Two

by Sabrina Peña Young | Jun 28, 2016 | Chord Progressions

Minor keys present us with rich harmonic possibilities. Check out these ear training exercises to jump-start your discovery of minor chord progressions.

Discovering Minor Chord Progressions: Minor Scale Basics

Discovering Minor Chord Progressions: Minor Scale Basics

by Sabrina Peña Young | Jun 14, 2016 | Chord Progressions, Music Theory

To write your own scary movie soundtrack or add variation to your compositions using minor key you’ll need to know about minor scales and chords. Master the basics here.

Chord Ear Training 101

Chord Ear Training 101

by Andrew Bishko | Jun 9, 2016 | Chords, 3 Chord Songs, 4 Chord Songs, Jazz

Learn to play the most common chords and chord progressions by ear and find out how they are used in a variety of genres – rock, jazz, and classical.

How to Play Chords By Ear: A Roadmap

How to Play Chords By Ear: A Roadmap

by Christopher Sutton | Feb 4, 2016 | Chord Progressions, 3 Chord Songs, 4 Chord Songs, Chords

A great framework for learning to play chords by ear broken down into 5 phases from learning the fundamentals to playing real songs just using your ear.

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