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    Music

    Musicality Now

    Ever wondered why some people seem to have a gift for music? Have you wished that you could play by ear, sing in tune, improvise and jam? You are in the right place.

    Musicality Now is a mix of interviews and teaching, featuring some of the most inspiring and insightful musicians and music educators, talking about how to learn the core inner skills you need to feel like a “natural” in music and enjoy freedom, creativity and confidence.

    Topics include: Playing by ear, Singing in tune, Jamming with other musicians, Having a good sense of rhythm, Writing your own music, Writing notation, Improvising a solo, Talking intelligently about music, Understanding Music Theory, Clapping in time, Knowing your instrument inside and out, Tuning your instrument by ear, Reading notation, Sight-reading music, Playing from a lead sheet, Performing live, and Playing multiple instruments.

    Musicality Now is brought to you by Musical U (musical-u.com), the leading provider of musicality training online. Learn more and get shownotes at musicalitynow.com.

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    Copyright: © Copyright 2017 Musical U (Easy Ear Training Ltd.)

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    Latest Episodes:
    117: About Playing in Any Style Oct 18, 2018
    Show notes

    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.

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    Full Show Notes and Transcript: Episode 117

    Links and Resources

    • The Rhythm of Success, with Steve Nixon

    • 7 Ray Charles Chords Every Musician Must Know

    • 13 Gospel Piano Chords + 1 Must Have Progression

    • Slick Gospel & Blues Piano Riff Tutorial

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    116: Designing for Joyful Learning, with Anne Mileski (Anacrusic) Oct 16, 2018
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    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.

    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.

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    Full Show Notes and Transcript: Episode 116

    Links and Resources

    • Anacrusic

    • The Anacrusic Podcast

    • Book: Teaching General Music: Approaches, Issues, and Viewpoints

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    115: About Taking it Step by Step Oct 11, 2018
    Show notes

    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.

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    Full Show Notes and Transcript: Episode 115

    Links and Resources

    • Unlocking Your Musicality: Part One

    • Unlocking Your Musicality: Part Two

    • About the Message in the Music

    • About Listening as the Route to Musicality

    • About the Importance of Joy and Pleasure

    • About Exploring Without Self-Judgement

    • About You Being Musical Inside Already

    • About Keeping it Simple

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    114: Focusing on What Matters, with Jeff Schneider Oct 09, 2018
    Show notes

    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.

    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.

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    Full Show Notes and Transcript: Episode 114

    Links and Resources

    • Jeff Schneider's website

    • Jeff's YouTube channel

    • 7 Things I Wish I Knew When I Started Playing Music

    • How to Practice Effectively

    • Learning to Sing in Tune, with George Bevan

    • About Finding Your Note

    • About Your Voice Sounding Weird

    • About Singing as a Tool

    • About Mindfulness for Musicians

    • Learning, Playing, and Thriving, with Elisa Janson-Jones

    • 1,000 True Fans, by Kevin Kelly

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    113: About the Message in the Music Oct 04, 2018
    Show notes

    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.

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    Full Show Notes and Transcript: Episode 113

    Links and Resources

    • Unlocking Your Musicality: Part One

    • Unlocking Your Musicality: Part Two

    • About Listening as the Route to Musicality

    • About the Importance of Joy and Pleasure

    • About Exploring Without Self-Judgement

    • About You Being Musical Inside Already

    • About Keeping It Simple

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    112: Becoming an Expert Learner, with Josh Plotner Oct 02, 2018
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    Today we're talking with Josh Plotner, a man who plays seemingly pretty much every woodwind instrument, from saxophones to flutes to recorders to clarinets - and a ton of world instruments you may never have heard of.

    Josh works on Broadway and also provides recording and arranging services both in person and online, drawing on his amazingly broad wind skills. And he came across our radar because he also produces two fantastic kinds of YouTube video, one in which he very punchily explains the must-know rules for arranging for particular instruments in a sensible way, and the other in which he arranges popular music such as TV themes for a variety of instruments - and then plays every part himself!

    We wanted to know what had gone into the music education of a person who could do all this, and the conversation was truly enlightening. You're going to hear about:

    • Josh's early days and the surprising attitude that let him quickly learn more instruments than most of us have dreamed of ever playing

    • The one critical thing Josh says is the essence of his attitude to learning and which is simple - though perhaps not easy.

    • And the amount of daily practice it took to juggle an endless array of ensembles and groups during his high school years, as well as the way he thinks about practicing now that lets him stay in shape on all those instruments.

    We know you're gonna enjoy this episode and we think it might provoke you to think differently about your own route in learning music - or to better understand the route you have chosen. And we must insist that you go immediately after finishing listening, and check out some of Josh's YouTube videos. We'll have a few recommended favourites in the shownotes for this episode.

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    Full Show Notes and Transcript: Episode 112

    Links and Resources

    • Josh Plotner's website

    • Josh's YouTube channel

    • Game of Thrones Theme - Woodwinds Only

    • This is Halloween - Woodwinds Only

    • How to Write for Clarinet in 2 Minutes

    • Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, by Carol Dweck

    • The Dunning-Kruger Effect

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    111: About Listening as the Route to Musicality Sep 27, 2018
    Show notes

    The Musical U team tackles the topic of active and deliberate listening, and the benefits it brings to your musicality.

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    Full Show Notes and Transcript: Episode 111

    Links and Resources

    • Unlocking Your Musicality: Part One

    • Unlocking Your Musicality: Part Two

    • About Active Listening

    • About Learning Faster by Recording Yourself

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    110: Emotion and Efficiency, with Marc Gelfo (Modacity) Sep 25, 2018
    Show notes

    Today we're joined by Marc Gelfo, a self-described "Neuro-symphonic Hornist" who has played French Horn in some of the top symphony orchestras and is the creator of the Modacity app which helps you practice music more effectively and enjoyably.

    When we first came across the Modacity app, we were impressed. But quite often the research and literature around music practice seems to end up being quite divorced from the actual expressive and creative nature of music itself, so since it's quite a scientific and sophisticated app, our first assumption was that the creator was probably quite a technical guy. In fact, we discovered that nothing could be further from the truth!

    Marc's a fascinating guy and in this conversation we talk about:

    • What an epic road trip taught him about what his French Horn could do

    • How you can start connecting with the more expressive side of music-making, even if you don't consider yourself creative or artistic

    • The principles that can transform the effectiveness of your music practice and get you better results faster, and in a more enjoyable way.

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    Full Show Notes and Transcript: Episode 110

    Links and Resources

    • Marc Gelfo's website

    • Modacity

    • Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, by Carol Dweck

    • About Deliberate Practice in Music

    • Interview with Prof. Anders Ericsson

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    109: The Importance of Joy and Pleasure Sep 20, 2018
    Show notes

    The Musical U team gets together to talk about the importance of having fun on your musical journey, and how it ties in with creativity, satisfaction, and achievement.

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    Full Show Notes and Transcript: Episode 109

    Links and Resources

    • Unlocking Your Musicality: Part One

    • Unlocking Your Musicality: Part Two

    • Sara's Music Studio

    • About Exploring Without Self-Judgement

    • About You Being Musical Inside Already

    • About Keeping It Simple

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    108: What You May Not Know About Blues Harmonica, with David Barrett Sep 18, 2018
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    Today we're talking with David Barrett, one of the world's leading harmonica teachers and experts in blues music. David is the author of over 70 music education books including Mel Bay's main harmonica tutor books, he is the founder of bluesharmonica.com, the leading online training provider for learning blues harmonica, and he has also somehow found the time to found and run the world's only music school dedicated to the blues, the School of the Blues in San Jose, California. He is also a Grammy-Nominated blues harmonica player who still regularly performs and records.

    We were really eager to pick David's brains on harmonica, the blues and also improvisation, and he delivered 110% on all three.

    In this conversation you're going to hear:

    • Why harmonica is both a very difficult and also a slightly easier instrument to figure out by ear

    • Why it is that harmonica and the blues are so closely associated with one another

    • What characterises blues music

    • And how David teaches his students to go beyond just memorising licks and riffs and build musically-meaningful improvised solos that will connect with the audience

    This is definitely not a conversation only for those of you into blues music or who play the harmonica. There is a ton packed in here that's relevant for any instrument and style of music. That said, we suspect that by the end you may have had your mind and ears opened to the possibilities that blues and harmonica might hold for you, too...

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    Full Show Notes and Transcript: Episode 108

    Links and Resources

    • BluesHarmonica.com

    • School of the Blues

    • David's Harmonica Masterclass

    • David's harmonicas of choice: Hohner Marine Band Harmonicas customized by Joe Filisko

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