Minor keys tend to have rich harmonic possibilities. So…

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Minor keys tend to have rich harmonic possibilities.

Sometimes the chord qualities throw off our ear.

But if we remember to listen for the bass we can better understand how to use these chords.

Learn more in Part 3 of our Hearing Chord Progressions series.

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In this exciting article we dive in to how technology cha…

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In this exciting article we dive in to how technology changed composition post-1945!

Click the link and explore the frontiers of modern classical music!

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Did you know different countries teach and learn music di…

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Did you know different countries teach and learn music differently.

Dive in to this free article and explore how other countries approach teaching music.

You may find some ideas to apply to your own musicality training.

https://www.musical-u.com/learn/music-life-learning-music-around-the-world/

You’ve probably heard the terms “perfect pitch” and “rela…

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You’ve probably heard the terms “perfect pitch” and “relative pitch” – but what do they mean?

Read this article to learn the difference between relative and perfect pitch.

Enjoy.

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What are the essential skills to develop good rhythm? A…

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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/

What is timbre and how is it different than pitch? Musi…

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What is timbre and how is it different than pitch?

Musical terminology can get pretty complex.

Gain clarity by exploring what “timbre” means in this free article.

https://www.musical-u.com/learn/pitch-and-timbre-hearing-the-difference/

Writing music has a certain mystique, like it is a musica…

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Writing music has a certain mystique, like it is a musical skill that only the most dedicated and sometimes obsessive musicians can master.

Maybe you imagine some dusty man with a powdered wig hunched over a mahogany desk, a slender quill pen quickly dipping into an engraved ink well, notes filling manuscript after manuscript of cryptic melodies and chords.

Or maybe you envision a sleep-deprived guitarist slaving over the last few lines of her hit song in the wee hours of the morning.

Any musician that wants to develop their musicality should write music. And the reality is that any musician (and yes, that means you) can write music.

Visit Musical U to find out more!

https://www.musical-u.com/learn/musicality-means-writing-music/

Are you ready to dive into the exciting world of minor ch…

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Are you ready to dive into the exciting world of minor chords?

Learn how minor chords are made, in addition to some common minor chord progressions, how to write them, and how to use them in your own music.

https://www.musical-u.com/learn/discovering-minor-chord-progressions-minor-chords-part-one/

Have you ever heard of Klezmer? The very word oozes funki…

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Have you ever heard of Klezmer? The very word oozes funkiness.

Where did this mysterious genre of Jewish music—half ecstatic dance, half mournful cry—come from?

We spoke with one of Klezmer’s foremost 21st-century proponents, Paul Green, about the origins and development of the klezmer genre in Eastern Europe and the United States.

Learn all about Klezmer in this fascinating interview.

https://www.musical-u.com/learn/where-did-klezmer-come-from-with-paul-green/