https://www.musical-u.com/learn/how-to-tune-your-guitar-by-ear/
A lot of discussion can be had over whether the guitar should be tuned by ear or with the help of an electronic device.
As we’re about to see, tuning by ear has multiple benefits over the “easier” path of using a tuner.
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/how-to-tune-your-guitar-by-ear/
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/how-to-approach-ear-training/
Wondering how to approach ear training?
In this article Joseph DuBose shares his experience with a terrible approach to ear training – and how that helped him discover some basic principles to continually develop his musical ear.
Jump in and start developing your musical ear today.
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/how-to-approach-ear-training/
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/putting-the-student-first-with-eloise-hellyer/
Eloise Hellyer isn’t your ordinary violin teacher. With a unique teaching approach that centers on the student rather than on accepted measures of progress, Eloise started Violin Teachers Blog, where she regularly shares her teaching insights and tips.
Delve deeper into Eloise’s teaching experience and philosophy. She discusses what makes a good teacher, how she gets reluctant students to pick up their instrument and practice, and a brilliant revelation about an unexpected side benefit of music lessons…
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/putting-the-student-first-with-eloise-hellyer/
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/jazz-improvisation-techniques/
What techniques are frequently used in jazz improvisation? T
here are four essential approaches that we will dive into in this article from the Musical U team.
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/jazz-improvisation-techniques/
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/metal-vocab-101-learn-to-speak-metalhead/
To many, metal music is simply angry music, screaming satanic lyrics.
This is a common misconception. In fact metal is a very wide and complex style of music, encompassing any and every type of musical technique.
Like most genres of music, metal has its own vocabulary and terminology which can seem off-putting to beginners. Let’s clear that up!
Here are just a few popular musical terms used in Metal music.
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/metal-vocab-101-learn-to-speak-metalhead/
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/creative-piano-teachers-join-together-in-the-inner-circle/
Piano teaching has a reputation for being a bit… stodgy.
Tim Topham has taken on the mission of changing all that. Check out this article and learn about his Inner Circle – a super-dynamic membership community for creative piano teaching.
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/creative-piano-teachers-join-together-in-the-inner-circle/
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/retired-shouldnt-slow-3-reasons-practicing/
Retirement is an interesting time in life.
Much like starting high school or heading off to college, it’s a new road that is paved with numerous possibilities. And a great opportunity to pick up music again!
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/retired-shouldnt-slow-3-reasons-practicing/
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/sampling-way-create-new-musical-sounds/
Are you ready to go deep in pursuit of musical genius? One particular way of creating music has grown exponentially in recent years: digital sampling.
Now any sounds in your environment—from animal noises, city ambience, to hardware gear and beyond—are available for music making. All for the sake of coming up with new textures and musical variety in your songs.
Let’s take a look into some iconic examples of this technique.
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/sampling-way-create-new-musical-sounds/
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/rhythm-training-101-study-syncopation/
Where’s the beat? Read on for your introduction to how syncopation affects the feel of music, how to develop your ear for it, and how to apply it to your instrument to create your own songs with syncopation.
Then, try our syncopation exercises to practice what you’ve learned!
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/rhythm-training-101-study-syncopation/
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/learning-to-recognize-intervals-for-guitarists/
Got a guitar – ready to rock some favorite tunes – but don’t know where to start?
Learning intervals is an incredible tool for the guitarist. Especially those looking to play by ear.
Click this link and get started learning intervals.
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/learning-to-recognize-intervals-for-guitarists/