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You’ve probably heard of solfa, solfège, or the “do re mi” system of music learning. But did you know it’s one of the most powerful ways for any musician to recognise notes easily by ear? In this episode we introduce solfa and why learning it could have a powerful positive impact on your musical life. https://www.musical-u.com/learn/about-the-power-of-solfa/
In my recent interview with Shelle Soelberg we talked about two tools she discovered which transformed the way she related to music and gave her much more freedom and confidence.
One of those was “solfa”, also known as solfege or solfeggio.
If you’ve listened to a few episodes of this podcast you probably already know that I discovered quite late in my musical life that there was something you could do called “ear training” that let you actually recognise and understand the notes you heard in music.
Solfa was an even later discovery for me – and I absolutely wish I’d learned it from the outset, the way they teach in Shelle’s “Let’s Play Music” system.
So I wanted to do an episode not to try to teach you solfa – that would be too much to try to cram in – but to simply say to you what I wish someone had said to me early on, which is: what solfa is and what it can do for you as a musician.
Have you felt limited in music, or intimidated by creative tasks like playing by ear and improvisation? Have you wondered if the musicians who can do those things could always do them – or if they somehow learned? You might be surprised by the answer! In today’s episode we discover how a positive attitude and the right “toolkit” can equip you to find your own creative freedom in music. https://www.musical-u.com/learn/mindset-musicality-natalie-weber/
Today we’re joined by Natalie Weber, founder of the popular MusicMattersBlog.com, a site devoted to inspiring creativity in music education. Natalie has studied music since the age of 7 but it was only later on that she broke free of the sheet music and found the kind of creative freedom which she now shares with students of all ages and levels in her independent piano studio and with music teachers worldwide on Music Matters Blog.
Natalie writes regularly to share lessons from her own piano studio and also keeps right up to date with all the interesting developments from other websites and music educators. Topics on the site range from highly practical guides and suggestions for covering topics like rhythm or ear training in lessons, through to app reviews and conference reports to share the latest goings-on in the world of music education.
We interviewed Natalie for our site back in 2011 so it was high time we caught up again!
In this episode we talk about Natalie’s own journey from being a note-reading pianist to finally breaking free of the sheet music. How that took a combination of practical techniques and a big mindset shift about what it means to make music.
She shares two pivotal experiences that totally transformed how comfortable she felt making music out of nothing and now inspires the creative approach she takes in her own teaching and leadership of other music teachers around the world.
You’re going to hear how important it was that she had a positive attitude in her own music learning – really inspiring if you want to expand your own musicality.
Also: would you guess that Natalie’s new course on music theory and reading sheet music was actually created in partnership with two people who struggled with that the most…
Did you know that ten of thousands of pop, rock, folk, country songs and more use “one four five” chord progressions? That makes it easy to learn to play them by ear – you just need to understand how those progressions work, how to recognise them and how to play them on your instrument. https://www.musical-u.com/learn/i-iv-v-chord-progressions-resource-pack-preview/
In this month’s Instrument Packs our Resident Pros for guitar, bass, piano and singing took on the topic of “creative ways to get to know I-IV-V progressions”. As always, each pro found a unique angle and taught fun and effective ways to really apply the core skills members learn with Musical U’s training modules directly on their instrument.
Did you know that ten of thousands of pop, rock, folk, country songs and more use “one four five” chord progressions? That makes it easy to learn to play them by ear – you just need to understand how those progressions work, how to recognise them and how to play them on your instrument. https://www.musical-u.com/learn/i-iv-v-chord-progressions-resource-pack-preview/
In this month’s Instrument Packs our Resident Pros for guitar, bass, piano and singing took on the topic of “creative ways to get to know I-IV-V progressions”. As always, each pro found a unique angle and taught fun and effective ways to really apply the core skills members learn with Musical U’s training modules directly on their instrument.
Did you know that ten of thousands of pop, rock, folk, country songs and more use “one four five” chord progressions? That makes it easy to learn to play them by ear – you just need to understand how those progressions work, how to recognise them and how to play them on your instrument. https://www.musical-u.com/learn/i-iv-v-chord-progressions-resource-pack-preview/
In this month’s Instrument Packs our Resident Pros for guitar, bass, piano and singing took on the topic of “creative ways to get to know I-IV-V progressions”. As always, each pro found a unique angle and taught fun and effective ways to really apply the core skills members learn with Musical U’s training modules directly on their instrument.
Thanks for checking out this preview for the upcoming Musicality Podcast from Musical U. For updates on the podcast, please visit us at musicalitypodcast.com
Today we’re going to be talking about whole steps and half steps. musicalitypodcast.com/5
As a musician you might have heard of “whole” and “half” steps. Also known as “major and minor seconds” or “tones and semitones”. These are the building blocks of melodies, chords and all the pitches you hear in music and getting to know them in detail yourself opens up all kinds of exciting musicality potential.
You’ve probably seen a chord chart or lead sheet: a simplified version of sheet music which provides just the minimal essentials to play the song. How do you go from that to a great-sounding arrangement? There are a few things to know… https://www.musical-u.com/learn/about-playing-lead-sheet/
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In this first episode of the new Musicality Podcast, Musical U founder Christopher Sutton introduces the show and shares what you can expect. Learn how we define “Musicality” and how this podcast can help you to gain a natural freedom and confidence in music.
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