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Explaining the Musical Ear, with Aimee Nolte

New musicality video:

Today we’re speaking with Aimee Nolte, a jazz singer and pianist who has one of the most popular YouTube channels among musicians, focusing on jazz piano with a healthy dose of a lot of the skills we discuss here on the Musicality Podcast such as playing by ear, improvising, and singing in tune. http://musl.ink/pod122

Aimee’s also a songwriter and recording artist and this year she’s released two tracks from a forthcoming new album. Aside from just being wonderful music, these tracks are remarkable for the way Aimee’s been openly sharing the process of writing, arranging, and recording them through videos on her YouTube channel.

In this conversation we talk about:

– One important part of Aimee’s musical upbringing which let her make improvising and playing by ear a natural part of her musical identity from a very early age

– What Aimee’s been discovering as she digs into the topic of tone deafness and helping people learn to match pitch and sing in tune.

– Aimee’s relationship with sheet music, as someone who was predominantly a by-ear player – and whichever camp you fall in yourself, we think it’ll surprise you.

Listen to the episode: http://musl.ink/pod122

Links and Resources

Aimee Nolte’s website – https://aimeenolte.com/

A Musical Conversation With My Mentor, Steve Call – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8n15LG6j5E/

About Teachers, Coaches, and Mentors – http://musl.ink/pod91

How To Figure out Chords To Songs – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imj7FniRzyY/

How To Get Your Kids Started In Music – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GUYefgTkQ4/

Point & Sing – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9ImcMKtoHA/

Are You Tone Deaf? – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V21_7pIFI58/

Scat Singing 101 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4AUCBfRVFI/

About Singing as a Tool – http://musl.ink/pod37

Bruh, Do You EVEN Melody? – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkQOtL6gzX4/

The Making Of My New Single: The Loveliest Girl – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpXMpy8tA-g/

Falling Snow (In The Studio) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Amzf11D3uIA/

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About Negative Musical Experiences

New musicality video:

The Musical U team talks about setbacks and negative experiences in music, and how to move past them to maintain a positive musical trajectory. https://www.musical-u.com/learn/negative-musical-experiences/

Links and Resources

Get Confident module at Musical U – https://www.musical-u.com/modules/planning/get-confident/

About Mindfulness for Musicians – http://musl.ink/pod25

About Exploring Without Self-Judgement – http://musl.ink/pod107

About Recovering From Mistakes – http://musl.ink/pod19

About Your Voice Sounding Weird – http://musl.ink/pod45

What is Musicality? https://www.musical-u.com/learn/what-is-musicality/

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Audiation and Thinking Music, with Cynthia Crump Taggart

New musicality video:

Today we’re joined by Professor Cynthia Crump Taggart, the President-Elect of the Gordon Institute for Music Learning. You might have heard that name “Gordon” in the world of music education as associated particularly with audiation, and in fact Edwin Gordon developed a whole approach to music learning which is called, simply enough, Music Learning Theory. http://musl.ink/pod120

We had been keen to invite a Music Learning Theory expert onto the show for a while because we’ve covered some of the other “biggies” in terms of music education methodologies that really cultivate musicality, like Kodály, Dalcroze, and Orff, and we also talk a lot about audiation at Musical U, a word that Gordon himself invented.

So we were delighted when Professor Crump Taggart agreed to come on the show and this conversation was really fruitful and fascinating.

We talk about:

• Her own musical upbringing and her first experiences learning from Edwin Gordon himself

• The slightly imprecise way we tend to use the word “audiation” at Musical U and what it should really be used to mean

• And the two simple activities Professor Taggart recommends if you want to incorporate Music Learning Theory into your own life as an adult musician.

This was a super cool glimpse into both the history and roots of Music Learning Theory, as well as the practicalities of what it does and how.

Listen to the episode: http://musl.ink/pod120

Links and Resources

Jump Right In: The Music Curriculum Grades K-6 – https://www.giamusic.com/products/P-jumprightingeneral.cfm/

Music Play: The Early Childhood Music Curriculum – https://www.amazon.com/Music-Play-Childhood-Curriculum-Caregivers/dp/1579990274/

The Gordon Institute for Music Learning – https://giml.org/

Color In My Piano – https://colorinmypiano.com/

What is Musicality? https://www.musical-u.com/learn/what-is-musicality/

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About Klezmer Music

New musicality video:

You may have heard the word Klezmer before – or maybe not! Learn more about this distinctive style of Jewish folk music with Musical U’s Content Editor and Product Manager Andrew Bishko, who has developed a very close musical relationship with the genre over the course of his decades-long career. http://musicalitypodcast.com/119

Links and Resources

Finding, Recovering, and Maintaining Motivation, with David Brown – http://musl.ink/pod78/

Ozarks Klezmer Orkestr – https://www.facebook.com/ozarksklezmer/

The Alaska Klezmer Duo CD – https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/alaskaklezmer/

Andrew Markus Bishko at Lebanon Globally Strong Culture Fair, teaching about Klezmer music – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oL6w1j3TJOs&app=desktop/

Ozarks Klezmer Orkestr, Belf’s Khusidl – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIke8wzHoUM/

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Music Learning at Warp Speed, with Jason Haaheim

New musicality video:

We’ve talked often on this podcast about musical “talent”, including in our interview with Professor Anders Ericsson, the leading researcher on the topic, and the notion of talent and how it relates to musicality is obviously a really central one for everything we discuss on this show. http://musicalitypodcast.com/118

We’ve also talked more than once about “deliberate practice”, a specific practice methodology which can be applied to any instrument and task, and in fact across any discipline, not just music – and which promises to deliver several times faster progress for the same amount of time spent practicing.

Our guest today, Jason Haaheim, is the clearest-cut example we’ve come across of someone who’s taken these ideas on board, applied them very directly in his own life, and tracked and documented the results so as to demonstrate very clearly the impact they had.

Jason began in his youth as a very casual musician and his studies and work life led him into science and engineering rather than music. But today Jason is principal timpanist for New York’s Metropolitan Opera, one of the top professional percussion roles in the world. So how did that happen?

In this conversation we talk about:

– The three big turning points that took him from a casual high-school musician to a world-class professional orchestra player

– The four characteristics you need to bring to your own music practice to achieve this kind of rapid progress yourself

– How taking a scientific mindset can be reconciled with the “magic” of music that we all love

If you’re someone who has worried that it might be “too late” for you to reach an impressive level in music, we know you’re going to find this episode illuminating and encouraging.

We hope you’ll enjoy this detailed conversation with Jason as much as we did. He’s a fascinating man who’s given these crucial topics deep thought and we can pretty much guarantee you’re going to come away from this episode with a changed outlook on your own musical development.

Listen to the episode: http://musicalitypodcast.com/118

Links and Resources

How Did a Scientist Become Principal Timpanist of the MET Orchestra? – https://jasonhaaheim.com/how-did-scientist-become-timpanist-met-orchestra/

A Process for Everyone: Teachers, Freelancers, and Big-Job Auditioners – https://jasonhaaheim.com/a-process-for-everyone-teachers-freelancers-and-big-job-auditioners/

I Don’t Care How Good You Are — I Care About the Trajectory You’re Willing to Set – https://jasonhaaheim.com/i-dont-care-how-good-you-are-i-care-about-the-trajectory-youre-willing-to-set/

The Deliberate Practice Book Club – https://jasonhaaheim.com/the-deliberate-practice-book-club/

The Truth About Talent, with Professor Anders Ericsson – http://musl.ink/pod62

Becoming an Expert Learner, with Josh Plotner – http://musl.ink/pod112

Talent Is Overrated, by Geoff Colvin – https://www.amazon.com/Talent-Overrated-Separates-World-Class-Performers/dp/1591842247/

Peak: Secrets from the New Science of Expertise, by Professor Anders Ericsson – https://www.amazon.com/Peak-Secrets-New-Science-Expertise/dp/0544947223/

The Bulletproof Musician – https://bulletproofmusician.com/

The Deliberate Practice Bootcamp and Northland Timpani Summit (timpani seminar with Jason Haaheim) – https://jasonhaaheim.com/event/northland-timpani-summit-2018/

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About Playing in Any Style

New musicality video:

Musical U welcomes back Steve Nixon of FreeJazzLessons.com to discuss the art of playing in multiple genres, and the skills and knowledge that will help you shine in jazz, rock, pop, classical, and country music alike. https://www.musical-u.com/learn/about-playing-in-any-style/

Links and Resources

The Rhythm of Success, with Steve Nixon – http://musl.ink/pod30

7 Ray Charles Chords Every Musician Must Know – https://www.freejazzlessons.com/ray-charles-chords/

13 Gospel Piano Chords + 1 Must Have Progression – https://www.freejazzlessons.com/gospel-piano-chords/

Slick Gospel & Blues Piano Riff Tutorial – https://www.freejazzlessons.com/piano-riff/

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Designing for Joyful Learning, with Anne Mileski

New musicality video:

Today we’re joined by Anne Mileski of Anacrusic.com and The Anacrusic Podcast. Anne is trained in several of the musicianship approaches we’ve covered here on the show before, including Kodály, Orff, Dalcroze and Music Learning Theory, and her mission is to make music teaching as purposeful, sequential, and joyful as possible for music teachers everywhere. Anne really stands out as someone who draws on each of those approaches to musicianship training to develop her own very well thought-out material. And she shares this with other music teachers through in-person workshops as well as her popular website and podcast.

https://www.musical-u.com/learn/designing-for-joyful-learning-with-anne-mileski/

We really enjoyed getting the chance to talk to Anne about her experience and observations of the various approaches to musicianship training, and we’ll throw in our normal disclaimer that although some of the specifics we’ll be talking about are geared towards music teachers and early childhood music education, if you are an adult and/or a student yourself, keep listening! There are plenty of insights and valuable nuggets for you in here.

We talk about:

– Anne’s own musical upbringing and a few key experiences, both positive and negative, that influenced her own musicality and how she approaches her teaching

– The relative strengths of Kodály, Orff, Dalcroze, and Music Learning Theory

– The importance of sequencing in teaching and learning – and the two timescales you need to be thinking about for designing effective music learning sequences.

Anne is a great story-teller and we know her stories will resonate with you, as well as her insights on singing, sequencing, improvising and more.

Listen to the episode: https://www.musical-u.com/learn/designing-for-joyful-learning-with-anne-mileski/

Links and Resources

Anacrusic – https://anacrusic.com/

The Anacrusic Podcast – https://anacrusic.com/podcasts/

Book: Teaching General Music: Approaches, Issues, and Viewpoints – https://www.amazon.ca/Teaching-General-Music-Approaches-Viewpoints/dp/0199328102/

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About Taking it Step by Step

New musicality video:

The Musical U team discusses the importance of taking it step by step in music – and breaking your practice down into “chunks” that make sense for you. https://www.musical-u.com/learn/about-taking-it-step-by-step/

Links and Resources

Unlocking Your Musicality: Part One – http://musl.ink/pod100

Unlocking Your Musicality: Part Two – http://musl.ink/pod101

About the Message in the Music – http://musl.ink/pod113

About Listening as the Route to Musicality – http://musl.ink/pod111

About the Importance of Joy and Pleasure – http://musl.ink/pod109

About Exploring Without Self-Judgement – http://musl.ink/pod107

About You Being Musical Inside Already – http://musl.ink/pod105

About Keeping it Simple – http://musl.ink/pod103

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Focusing on What Matters, with Jeff Schneider

New musicality video:

Today we’re joined by Jeff Schneider, award-winning composer and music educator whose YouTube videos for saxophone and piano, online courses, and blog and email lessons are helping musicians around the world to wrap their head around everything from equipment to technique to music theory and listening skills. https://www.musical-u.com/learn/focusing-on-what-matters-with-jeff-schneider/1

In this conversation we cover a ton of interesting topics, including sight-reading, improvisation, what makes for effective practicing, and the entrepreneurial requirements of being a professional musician today. Jeff shares:

– How many hours a day he practiced growing up, one activity that was central, and the one thing he thinks is essential to practice effectively

– One resource he’s found really useful to help him balance his creativity with the desire to make a living as a musician

– And several punchy tips on improvisation, sight reading, jazz and rhythm.

We know you’ll enjoy this one and it’ll inspire you to check out Jeff’s website and sign up for his email list – and don’t miss the unforgettable name that email list has, we talk about it towards the end of the interview.

Listen to the episode: https://www.musical-u.com/learn/focusing-on-what-matters-with-jeff-schneider/1

Links and Resources

Jeff Schneider’s website : http://jeffschneidermusic.com/

Jeff’s YouTube channel : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFKJ7NEE5S76QYK696nXDfg

7 Things I Wish I Knew When I Started Playing Music : https://www.jeffschneidermusic.com/blog/2018/7/27/7-things-i-wish-i-knew-when-i-first-started-playing

How to Practice Effectively : https://www.jeffschneidermusic.com/blog/2018/7/19/how-to-practice-effectively

Learning to Sing in Tune, with George Bevan : http://musl.ink/pod12

About Finding Your Note : http://musl.ink/pod13

About Your Voice Sounding Weird : http://musl.ink/pod45

About Singing as a Tool : http://musl.ink/pod37

About Mindfulness for Musicians : http://musl.ink/pod25

Learning, Playing, and Thriving, with Elisa Janson-Jones : http://musl.ink/pod106

1,000 True Fans, by Kevin Kelly : https://kk.org/thetechnium/1000-true-fans/

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About the Message in the Music

New musicality video:

The Musical U team discusses the messages contained in music, inspiring your listener to feel something, and finding something you want to express through your instrument. https://www.musical-u.com/learn/about-the-message-in-the-music/

Links and Resources:

Unlocking Your Musicality: Part One – http://musl.ink/pod100

Unlocking Your Musicality: Part Two – http://musl.ink/pod100

Adam Liette’s performance at the NASCAR Nextel Cup Series – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOIkZC0rDgQ&t=167s

About Listening as the Route to Musicality – http://musl.ink/pod111

About the Importance of Joy and Pleasure – http://musl.ink/pod109

About Exploring Without Self-Judgement – http://musl.ink/pod107

About You Being Musical Inside Already – http://musl.ink/pod105

About Keeping It Simple – http://musl.ink/pod103

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