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Improvisation

How To Start Improvising Today

How To Start Improvising Today

by Christopher Sutton | Feb 28, 2019 | Podcast, Improvisation

Looking to start improvising? In this episode, we share a very useful mental framework and outlook to get yourself improvising freely – today.

Can’t Improvise? There’s just one thing holding you back

Can’t Improvise? There’s just one thing holding you back

by Christopher Sutton | Feb 21, 2019 | Podcast, Improvisation

Does the idea of improvisation intimidate you? In this episode, we talk about how you can make improv accessible and attainable in your musical journey.

Creativity Is The Vehicle, Not the Destination

Creativity Is The Vehicle, Not the Destination

by Christopher Sutton | Jan 16, 2019 | Podcast, Improvisation, Song Writing

Find out how you can make your musical practice creative right from day one, with the help of mental models discussed in the Musicality Unleashed series.

Circles of Creativity, with Tim Topham

Circles of Creativity, with Tim Topham

by Christopher Sutton | Nov 27, 2018 | Podcast, 4 Chord Songs, Chord Progressions, Chords, Ear Training, Improvisation, Interviews, Teaching

Tim Topham discusses how to bring music to life through creative music teaching, and how to marry this approach with traditional drill-based ear training.

Explaining the Musical Ear, with Aimee Nolte

Explaining the Musical Ear, with Aimee Nolte

by Christopher Sutton | Nov 6, 2018 | Podcast, Improvisation, Interviews, Jazz, Playing By Ear, Singing

Musical U interviews music educator Aimee Nolte on her music background and how she teaches musicality skills through her engaging YouTube channel.

Focusing on What Matters, with Jeff Schneider

Focusing on What Matters, with Jeff Schneider

by Christopher Sutton | Oct 9, 2018 | Podcast, Improvisation, Interviews, Jazz, Practice, Rhythm, Sight Reading

Composer and music educator Jeff Schneider talks to Musical U about effective practice, the learning process, and keeping your creative output alive.

Listening Skills: The Key to Developing Your Harmonica Sound

Listening Skills: The Key to Developing Your Harmonica Sound

by Guest Expert | Oct 3, 2018 | Ear Training, Active Listening, Improvisation, Instruments, Practice

Blues harmonica expert Fredrik Hertzberg discusses ear training as the key to unlocking your musicality and creating your own sound on the harmonica.

What You May Not Know About Blues Harmonica, with David Barrett

What You May Not Know About Blues Harmonica, with David Barrett

by Christopher Sutton | Sep 18, 2018 | Podcast, Ear Training, Improvisation, Instruments, Interviews

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.

About Exploring Without Self-Judgement

About Exploring Without Self-Judgement

by Christopher Sutton | Sep 13, 2018 | Podcast, Improvisation, Planning and Goals, Practice

The Musical U team sits down for a roundtable discussion on how to silence your inner critic so you can comfortably explore your musical potential.

About Keeping it Simple

About Keeping it Simple

by Christopher Sutton | Aug 30, 2018 | Podcast, Improvisation, Musicality, Scales

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.

Off the Page and with Feeling, with Michele McLaughlin

Off the Page and with Feeling, with Michele McLaughlin

by Andrew Bishko | Aug 22, 2018 | Interviews, Improvisation, Keyboard, Song Writing

Musical U interviews acclaimed contemporary pianist Michele McLaughlin on her by-ear approach to playing and composing, and self-expression through music.

Unlocking Your Musicality: Part One

Unlocking Your Musicality: Part One

by Christopher Sutton | Aug 21, 2018 | Podcast, Ear Training, Improvisation, Musicality, Scales

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!

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