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https://www.musical-u.com/learn/do-you-have-an-inner-natural-musician-heres-how-to-know/
Have you wondered if you have an instinct for music, or worried that you don’t?

What if all the seemingly-natural skills of music like playing by ear, improvising, singing in tune, collaborating with others – could be yours. Not by learning them but by simply connecting with a natural musician that’s already inside you.

In this episode we explain how you can know whether you have an “inner natural” and how to tap into it to unlock these skills for yourself. Enjoy!
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/do-you-have-an-inner-natural-musician-heres-how-to-know/

https://www.musical-u.com/learn/finding-tonic-major-keys/
We often hear about the importance of finding the tonic of a song.

Learn how to unlock this musical mastery with the Musical U team!
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/finding-tonic-major-keys/

https://www.musical-u.com/learn/determining-your-tonic-hold-the-gin/
Want a fun, intuitive system for learning and exploring music?

It’s time to unlock the power of solfege. Learn more in this free lesson!
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/determining-your-tonic-hold-the-gin/

https://www.musical-u.com/learn/musicality-means-jamming/
Want to see a musician smile?
Invite them to a jam session.

No other musical experience truly allows a performer to “let loose” and explore unknown realms of audio nirvana.

But what is actually involved in a jam session?
And why is jamming valuable?
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/musicality-means-jamming/

https://www.musical-u.com/learn/think-cant-sing-ask-10-questions/
Think that you can’t sing? 🎤

Understanding what makes a voice sound bad will enable you to see that there are steps that you can take to improve and learn to love singing 🎉

Get started today with these tips from Musical U https://www.musical-u.com/learn/think-cant-sing-ask-10-questions/

https://www.musical-u.com/learn/how-long-does-it-take-to-learn-musical-intervals/
“Are we there yet?”

Perhaps you have experienced this common question on a family roadtrip 😤

Learning musical intervals can be the same way… it feels like we will never get there. Musical U answers this common question in today’s post.
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/how-long-does-it-take-to-learn-musical-intervals/

https://www.musical-u.com/learn/how-to-develop-your-new-songs-theme/
When you’re writing a new song you’ll often start out with the seed of an idea.

This could be a melody, it could be a chord progression, it could even be an overall idea of the sound of the song.

How can this seed be developed into a full theme? https://www.musical-u.com/learn/how-to-develop-your-new-songs-theme/

https://www.musical-u.com/learn/tension-release-bitter-sweet-relationships-chords-scales/
One of the best ways to begin playing by ear is to play chord tones and find your way around the scale by targeting the chord tones through a given chord progression.

But music is about Tension and Release. Release is an important aspect of music and life. If you think about it for a while you would realise our world is full of tension and release. The following exercises explore the next step after learning to hit the chord tones.
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/tension-release-bitter-sweet-relationships-chords-scales/

https://www.musical-u.com/learn/tension-and-release-part-2-scales-meet-chord-progressions/
As we train our ears to perceive tension and release, we gain deeper appreciation as we listen to music and greater mastery in composing, improvising, and playing by ear.

Learn how each scale degree sounds when we move from one chord to another in a chord progression. https://www.musical-u.com/learn/tension-and-release-part-2-scales-meet-chord-progressions/

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/