Category: videos

New musicality video:

Has music felt like a struggle for you? I know what that’s like. Sometimes it feels like every practice session is a slog and every step forwards is followed by a step or two backwards. There’s so much to juggle and not enough time to fit it all in! http://www.musicalityunleashed.com

But music itself, when we listen to it and love it – it seems so natural!

So if music is so natural and wonderful, why is learning music such a struggle?

Part of the reason is that most of us only get taught one of the three essential components.

But the main cause is actually that you’ve skipped a fundamental stage of learning music.

Discover more with Musicality Unleashed http://www.musicalityunleashed.com

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Fundamentals of Learning Music [Musicality Unleashed]

New musicality video:

Have you ever seen an incredible musician, someone who seems like they can do absolutely anything in music – beautifully, expertly and apparently effortlessly? www.musicalityunleashed.com

If so you might have thought “Wow, they’re talented!”

You probably felt inspired – but also a bit intimidated. Maybe even disappointed because you feel like you don’t have the talent it would take to be able to do that yourself.

And I can understand why. Everywhere around us society talks about “talent” and glorifies the overnight success story of the “gifted” musician.

But those amazing skills of the “natural” musician actually don’t require talent at all.

Discover the truth about talent and why it doesn’t matter as much as you think… with Musicality Unleashed!

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The Truth About Talent [Musicality Unleashed]

New musicality video:

Mastering your instrument won’t make you a great musician. If you’ve wanted to be more capable in music, then putting in more time practicing instrument technique is not the answer. http://www.musicalityunleashed.com

If you’re someone who’s dreamed of feeling free, capable and confident in music – but instead feel restricted, limited, and like learning music is a struggle – then you may have fallen for the big lie which mainstream music education tells:

That learning music means learning an instrument.

Yet if that were true, surely anyone who’s studied an instrument for years would feel free, confident and capable? They’d be able to play whatever they want, improvise or create their own music, they’d perform and collaborate with ease.

In reality, very few musicians ever enjoy that kind of freedom – and it’s because learning an instrument doesn’t deliver what you really need to become that “natural” in music.

What is it that distinguishes a “natural” musician from the average music learner?

Why is it that even when you get good with instrument technique you don’t really feel any closer to feeling really “musical”?

Learn more with Musicality Unleashed! http://www.musicalityunleashed.com

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What Makes A Musician A “Natural” [Musicality Unleashed]

New musicality video:

Most people think that learning an instrument will let them become a good musician – but that’s actually just one of three essential things you need to be doing. musicalityunleashed.com

If you step back and ask what really goes into becoming a good musician you’ll see that everything covered by the traditional instrument-learning system actually represents just ONE of THREE critical aspects.

The first is that instrument technique. It is important and valuable to get good at making an instrument do what you intend it to.

But what about understanding what you’re playing, or having the instinct to choose your own notes or way of playing?

The other two aspects are music theory – something that is quite often part of music education, but taught in a dry, abstract—and frankly boring—way, almost entirely separate from the instrument skills and what you’re actually passionate about in music.

The third aspect is your musical ear.

Discover how to unleash your musicality! musicalityunleashed.com

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The Two Things Most Music Education Is Missing [Musicality Unleashed]

New musicality video:

Have you ever seen an incredible musician, someone who seems like they can do absolutely anything in music – beautifully, expertly and apparently effortlessly? www.musicalityunleashed.com

If so you might have thought “Wow, they’re talented!”

You probably felt inspired – but also a bit intimidated. Maybe even disappointed because you feel like you don’t have the talent it would take to be able to do that yourself.

And I can understand why. Everywhere around us society talks about “talent” and glorifies the overnight success story of the “gifted” musician.

But those amazing skills of the “natural” musician actually don’t require talent at all.

Discover the truth about talent and why it doesn’t matter as much as you think… with Musicality Unleashed!

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Website:
https://www.musical-u.com/

Podcast:
http://musicalitypodcast.com

Tone Deaf Test:
http://tonedeaftest.com/

Musicality Checklist:
https://www.musical-u.com/mcl-musicality-checklist

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The Truth About Talent [Musicality Unleashed]

New musicality video:

Happy new year! We’re excited to announce some changes that we’ll be making to the Musicality Podcast to continue bringing you the best content for helping you nurture your inner musicality. Here’s to your continued musical success in 2019! http://musicalitypodcast.com/136

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A Change is Gonna Come

New musicality video:

The various chord progressions with the I, IV, V, and vi chords are so valuable for learning songs fast and playing songs by ear, that Resident Pro Dylan Welsh thinks of them as one of the ultimate guitar hacks! https://www.musical-u.com/learn/iv-v-vi-chord-progressions-harmonizing-resource-pack-preview/

Dylan unveils a systematic mega-approach to mastering I-IV-V-vi all over the fretboard in every key:

Including:

– How you can very easily find out what the I, IV, V, and vi chords are in any key using patterns found on the guitar fretboard.

– Running through each of these chords in every position on the guitar.

– Expediting the process of learning and executing songs efficiently.

– Practice with memorizing the fretboard.

– A brief overview of the super-handy CAGED system of fretboard organization.

– A nice long MP3 backing track for you practicing pleasure.

This kind of practice is very, very structured and targeted. It may feel like work, but if you put the time in, it will make a massive difference in your improvising (as well as in all other aspects of your guitar playing).

Learn more about Musical U Resident Pro Dylan Welsh: https://www.dwelshmusic.com/

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Guitar: I, IV, V, vi Progressions Resource Pack Preview

New musicality video:

The songwriters that create songs for mainstream music don’t write hits by accident – these songwriters know which core-chords are going to be the most impactful to their listeners. https://www.musical-u.com/learn/iv-v-vi-chord-progressions-harmonizing-resource-pack-preview/

Those chords are not in the hundreds, not even dozens… when we distill these hit-making chords into their simplest form we are talking about three or four chords. Doesn’t that sound more manageable?

In this resource pack, Piano Pro, Ruth Power, teaches you how to play I-IV-V-vi progressions on your keyboard

Including:

– How to build on your previous knowledge of I-IV-V progressions.
Introducing the “Sad Twin” (often referred to as the “relative minor”.)

– Five fun exercises in varying styles from dance to pop to doo-wop and more.

– MP3 demo and backing tracks that illustrate and provide practice opportunities for each exercise.

Once you have mastered these patterns, you’ll be ready to take them out into the real world. To fully master these handy chord progressions, begin to learn them in all 12 keys. It’s a fair amount of work to master this, but just think how many hundreds of songs this opens up to your playing!

Learn more about Musical U Resident Pro Ruth Power: https://www.pianopicnic.com/

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Piano: I, IV, V, vi Progressions Resource Pack Preview

New musicality video:

It’s nothing short of amazing what a working aural and practical knowledge of just four chords – the I, IV, V, and vi chords – can do in terms of you being able to play many thousands of songs by ear. https://www.musical-u.com/learn/iv-v-vi-chord-progressions-harmonizing-resource-pack-preview/

Steve Lawson, our Resident Pro for bass, helps you make that ear-to-instrument connection:

Including:

– Why these four chords are important – especially in pop music.

– What we can do to help us recognize the I, IV, V and vi.

– How to recognize the movement between the chords.

– How to come up with basslines that connect them in interesting ways.

– Six exercises to sensitize your ear to the harmonic shifts between pairs of chords, then all six chords.

– Scores for suggested basslines for all the exercises.

– Six MP3 tracks in various styles for practicing the given basslines and inventing your own.

Learn more about Musical U Resident Pro Steve Lawson: http://stevelawson.net/

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→ Learn more about Instrument Packs with Resident Pros including Steve:
https://www.musical-u.com/learn/introducing-musical-u-instrument-packs/

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Bass: I, IV, V, vi Progressions Resource Pack Preview

New musicality video:

The Big “Why” drives our musical journey forwards – it’s our big-picture vision, our musical dream. But what about the Little “Why”? In this episode, we talk about the questions that you should frequently ask yourself about your musical trajectory to ensure you’re on the right track. http://musicalitypodcast.com/135

Links and Resources

LJS 82: How to Set Game-Changing Goals for Your Musicianship, with Christopher Sutton – https://www.learnjazzstandards.com/blog/ljs-podcast/get-help-with-practicing-jazz/ljs-82-set-game-changing-goals-musicianship/

About Choosing an Online Music Course – http://musl.ink/pod79

About Taking a Long-Term Mindset – http://musl.ink/pod125

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About the Little “Why”