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Beautiful Baroque, Jazz-Up Your Jazz Learning and Chord Conditioning

Beautiful Baroque, Jazz-Up Your Jazz Learning and Chord Conditioning

by Marisa Balistreri | Dec 2, 2016 | News, Jazz

The harmony that began in the Baroque—400 years ago—still rules today’s music, including Jazz and Hip Hop. Make chords work for you, and ignite your career.

Hooktheory, Virtual Classrooms and Feeling Time

Hooktheory, Virtual Classrooms and Feeling Time

by Marisa Balistreri | Nov 25, 2016 | News, Career, Music Theory, Teaching

How to make music theory fun! Combine virtual and visceral, jam to success, free uke books, and tweaking your musical identity for a successful career.

Klezmer Chronicles, Hearing Harmony and “Beat” Breakdown

Klezmer Chronicles, Hearing Harmony and “Beat” Breakdown

by Marisa Balistreri | Nov 18, 2016 | News, Music Theory

Master major harmonies, feel (and understand) the beat, a world of percussion, the old klezmer genre is renewed, and Musical U breaks new ground.

What’s New in Musical U: November 2016

What’s New in Musical U: November 2016

by Christopher Sutton | Nov 18, 2016 | Musical U News, Planning and Goals | 0 comments

Hi, this is Christopher Sutton, the Founder and Director of Musical U, and I’d love to share with you what’s new in Musical U this month. This month, we had fun with the Halloween module which reveals the musical techniques behind spooky-sounding tracks....
Renaissance Music, Jazz Language and Breaking the Block

Renaissance Music, Jazz Language and Breaking the Block

by Marisa Balistreri | Nov 11, 2016 | News, Jazz

Learn to “speak jazz”, break songwriter’s block, create your music career, Renaissance vocal tapestries, and how WaterZone8 makes the most of Musical U.

Halloween Fun, Listening to Learn and Sound Therapy

Halloween Fun, Listening to Learn and Sound Therapy

by Marisa Balistreri | Nov 4, 2016 | News, Career

A musical roundup of listening to learn, healing with sound, Jamaican ska and creepy composing. And do you have what it takes to be a professional musician?

Scary Scores, Spookify Your Songs and Circle Secrets

Scary Scores, Spookify Your Songs and Circle Secrets

by Marisa Balistreri | Oct 28, 2016 | News, Career, Music Theory

We divulge some of music’s scarier secrets: how to make a song sound spooky, the mysterious Circle of Fifths and just how did Justin Bieber become a star?

Making Music Real, Hearing Harmony, and Ghoulish Games

Making Music Real, Hearing Harmony, and Ghoulish Games

by Marisa Balistreri | Oct 21, 2016 | News, Teaching

The best 3 scale steps to hear chord progressions, make online lessons work, fun and scary music games, a music ed revolution, and meet our Content Editor.

Meet the Team: Andrew Bishko

Meet the Team: Andrew Bishko

by Musical U Team | Oct 18, 2016 | Musical U News, Interviews | 0 comments

Andrew Bishko is an incredibly talented musician and an important part of the Musical U team. Learn more about his background and his love for music.

Stringed Beauty, a Major Minor Second, and Tone Quality

Stringed Beauty, a Major Minor Second, and Tone Quality

by Marisa Balistreri | Oct 14, 2016 | News, Audiation, Career, Music Theory

The Lydian takes on the major scale. The beauty of strings, listen, sing, and audiate your way to musicality. Make your 21st-century music career relevant.

What’s New in Musical U: October 2016

What’s New in Musical U: October 2016

by Christopher Sutton | Oct 12, 2016 | Musical U News, Solfa | 0 comments

This month in Musical U saw a new quiz for chord recognition, a fun solfa puzzle game, an active listening mini-challenge and two team interviews.

Lydian Mode, A New Genre, Rhythm Upgrades, and the Metronome Reinvented

Lydian Mode, A New Genre, Rhythm Upgrades, and the Metronome Reinvented

by Marisa Balistreri | Oct 7, 2016 | News, Music Theory, Websites, Apps and Downloads | 1 comment

Instruments build the soul and inspire a new genre. Make sense of rhythm with simple listening skills and new tech. Move over, C Major: here comes F Lydian!

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