Author: Musicality

https://www.musical-u.com/learn/exploring-classical-music-the-romantic-era-part-2/
The Romantic Era of the Western classical tradition, corresponding roughly to the 1800s, represented a radical shift in how composers saw themselves.

Following in the footsteps of Beethoven, composers obliged their burgeoning middle-class audiences by cultivating their larger-than-life heroic personas, prefiguring today’s rock stars.

https://www.musical-u.com/learn/exploring-classical-music-the-romantic-era-part-2/

https://www.musical-u.com/learn/the-case-for-good-enough-the-8020-principle/
The Pareto Principle, or the 80/20 principle, is the concept that 80% of what a person puts out in any given situation comes from just 20% of what they put in.

Did you know this same idea applies to music, too?

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https://www.musical-u.com/learn/about-hacking-habituation/
Want to hack your music practice and boost your results?

In this episode we share a golden nugget from Marc Gelfo’s masterclass about accelerating your music learning.

Enjoy these practical tips.

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https://www.musical-u.com/learn/5-steps-setting-reaching-music-goals/
Whether you’re just beginning your musical journey or you’ve been a musician all your life, we all have dreams about where we see our musical skills down the road.

No matter what your dream entails, we have great news for you: you can get there! All you need to do is map out your strategy.

https://www.musical-u.com/learn/5-steps-setting-reaching-music-goals/

https://www.musical-u.com/learn/cant-improvise-theres-just-one-thing-holding-you-back/
Does the idea of improvising scare you? Have you given it a try but quickly decided you didn’t have what it takes?

If so, that’s understandable. We’re going to talk about where that fear comes from, how you can overcome it, and how to make it easy to learn to improvise.

Learn to unlock your improv power in this episode.

https://www.musical-u.com/learn/cant-improvise-theres-just-one-thing-holding-you-back/

https://www.musical-u.com/learn/12-ways-to-be-a-better-improviser/
Improvisation is a wonderfully fun musical activity but it can be challenging to learn.

Here are twelve effective ways you can develop and improve your own ability to improvise music.

https://www.musical-u.com/learn/12-ways-to-be-a-better-improviser/

https://www.musical-u.com/learn/melodic-dictation-for-the-rest-of-us/
Want to write and play the beautiful melodies from that favorite playlist?

Melodic dictation is scary for some – but it doesn’t have to be! In this article we a share a simple step-by-step to writing melodies.

Enjoy!

https://www.musical-u.com/learn/melodic-dictation-for-the-rest-of-us/

https://www.musical-u.com/learn/make-the-jump-from-musician-to-composer-with-composer-boot-camp-101/
With over 15 years’ experience of writing music under her belt, Sabrina Peña Young has composed classical and commercial music, worked on film soundtracks, and even created a groundbreaking virtual opera of her own, called Libertaria.

Now, wanting to help others try their hand at composing, Sabrina has created Composer Boot Camp 101, a resource containing all the basics you need to know for modern composing.

https://www.musical-u.com/learn/make-the-jump-from-musician-to-composer-with-composer-boot-camp-101/

https://www.musical-u.com/learn/making-music-learning-a-picnic-with-ruth-power/
Want to actually succeed with playing by ear?

We were super excited to speak with Ruth Power, the creator of Piano Picnic . In this interview Ruth gives her top tips for playing by ear.

You’re going to get a ton out of this episode!

https://www.musical-u.com/learn/making-music-learning-a-picnic-with-ruth-power/

https://www.musical-u.com/learn/before-and-after-covering-avicii/
Explore the infusion of the four-to-the-floor rhythm with folk music in this before and after analyzation of the song “Wake Me Up” by Avicii.

https://www.musical-u.com/learn/before-and-after-covering-avicii/