https://www.musical-u.com/learn/how-to-start-sight-reading-music-in-choir/
Would you like to feel more confident singing in your choir? We are joined by Evan R. Murphy from SightReadingMastery, a fantastic website dedicated to helping you learn to sight-read music in an easy and enjoyable way.
Evan has agreed to help all you singers out there with one of the most common challenges: sight-reading sheet music in choir!
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/how-to-start-sight-reading-music-in-choir/
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/10-tips-for-conquering-stage-fright/
Have you ever felt anxiety or even fear prior to a performance? This can affect even the most seasoned performer.
The Musical U team has ten tips that can help minimize your pre-performance jitters.
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/10-tips-for-conquering-stage-fright/
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/absorbing-music-through-active-listening/
When was the last time you listened to music? We don’t mean turning on the radio for some passive background noise whilst you were driving or doing housework. We mean paying such close attention that you are oblivious to anything else going on besides the music you hear.
Let’s talk about active listening:
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/absorbing-music-through-active-listening/
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/before-and-after-covering-zedd/
When it comes to covers, some of the most interesting examples are those that take a song and bring it to a completely new territory in terms of genre.
Swedish duo Twenty One Two have done exactly this. They transformed Zedd’s electro house hit “Find You” into a punchy pop-punk anthem. Just how they did that is worthy of a thorough analysis.
Have fun with this listening exercise!
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/before-and-after-covering-zedd/
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/finding-your-musical-creativity/
Frustrated, wondering why the ideas aren’t coming? There are steps we can take to gain creativity in our music.
Read this article and try some of these strategies for a creative boost!
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/finding-your-musical-creativity/
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/rhythm-bootcamp-rhythmic-accuracy/
What are the essential skills to develop good rhythm? Audiation and counting develop a great foundation of rhythm skill. Now let’s clean up that timing with rhythmic accuracy!
Learn what it means to be accurate and how to avoid being inaccurate in this free lesson.
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/rhythm-bootcamp-rhythmic-accuracy/
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/perfect-pitch/
“Perfect pitch” is a common buzzword in the music world. It’s something that many singers and musicians strive for throughout their development and careers. Though it’s not a necessary skill to be a great musical artist, it’s one that is coveted.
But what exactly is perfect pitch? And is it something you can learn, or is it something you’re either born with or you’re not?
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/perfect-pitch/
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/open-your-ears-to-rock-music/
How much do you know about rock music? – the type of music that teens in the 1950s loved and their parents hated.
Rock is rooted in the blues, gospel, country, and an older form of rock music called rock-n-roll, this genre took the world by storm and became the music of a generation determined to turn culture upside-down.
Dive into the history of rock and improve your musicality by learning to identify it’s characteristic sounds.
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/open-your-ears-to-rock-music/
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/discovering-minor-chord-progressions-minor-scale-basics/
While most of the music that you hear on the radio sticks to basic major chords, it is important to learn how to use minor chord progressions in your music, whether you are a performer, producer, or songwriter.
You can hear minor chords in all musical styles from rock to hip hop and pop music.
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/discovering-minor-chord-progressions-minor-scale-basics/
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/what-is-kodaly-and-how-does-it-relate-to-ear-training/
There are almost as many approaches to learning music as there are musicians!
Let’s dive into the Kodály method, which combines several powerful techniques for developing the core skills of musicianship.
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/what-is-kodaly-and-how-does-it-relate-to-ear-training/