134 episodes
Music Student 101 Jeremy Burns, Matthew Scott Phillips
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4.9 • 35 Ratings
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We are musicians, composers, engineers, teachers and students alike.
The path of a musician can be challenging and uncertain but it can also be enriching and great fun! This is the path we chose and we are here as your resource. Explore theory, history, ear training, technique, special topics and overall musicianship.
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131-Melodic Dictation Pt.7-Phrygian Mode
Melodic dictation, the act of transcribing and notating a melody by ear, is a crucial skill for a musician to cultivate. In this episode, we will focus on the ever exotic Phrygian mode. Let's listen!
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130-Listener Compositions Pt.7
It is time for our 7th Listener Compositions episode. So let's enjoy the talents of our listeners! This episode will feature the original music of Fred Lancia, Mark Christie, Evan Bjork, Tom Richardson, Nikita Menkov and Devin Montes.
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129-Perfect Pitch
One out of every 10,000 people have absolute pitch (a.k.a perfect pitch). Many more, epecially musicians, wish they could have it. It's time to discuss this phenomenon and how it differs from relative pitch!
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128-Form and Analysis Pt.5-Baroque Forms
Continuing our discussion from Ep.114, we will now focus on some of the more widely known forms of the Baroque period (1600-1750 CE). We will discuss the church and chamber sonatas, the French overture, the dance suites and the fugue, just to name a few.
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127-Harmonic Progression Pt.11-Neapolitan Chord
The Neapolitan chord is a great tool for modulation and for adding intrigue to any chord progression. In this episode, we will talk about it. We will listen to it.
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126-Native American Music Pt.1
Today there are hundreds of Native American communities on the continents of North and South America. With each, their own cultures, cuisines, languages and rituals. But at the heart of all of these communities are dance and music. Let's learn about the sounds and origins of their music! This episode will focus on North America
(Canada, The United States and Mexico).
Customer Reviews
Music Student 101 is Fantastic
If you’re searching for a podcast to learn about music theory - you’ve come to the right place! Music Student 101 features two congenial hosts who teach us listeners a lesson in a different aspect of music theory in each episode. There are many “aspects” and, correspondingly, many episodes - and, thankfully, no end in sight. The episodes are recorded not in a dry academic way, rather, they are cleverly disguised as a [nerdy – thankfully!] conversation between friends. Hosts Jeremy and Matthew are experts in music theory and they do an excellent job of transferring their knowledge to us listeners in a genial chatty format. I discovered this podcast with a search on my Podcast app, gave it a try and haven’t looked back. I'd recommend it to all listeners ranging from the mildly curious all the way to those with professional aspirations in the music industry. Thank you, Jeremy and Matthew!
5/5 Dentists Recommend this Podcast
If you’re looking to expand your music theory and want to hangout with 2 cool cats while you do it; this podcast is for you. Musical concepts are already getting easier and I can see progress in my knowledge :) Plus I haven’t even caught up yet! Thanks Matt and Jeremy for everything you’ve done.
Fantastic.
The pace it goes covers the absolute bare bones basics in the early episodes, all the way into thicket, where later covering some really in depth down the “chipmunk” hole kind of topics as our hosts make refenerence to, many being college and university level subjects discussed. Intervals, melody, harmonies, inversions, counterpoint and chord structures, non chord and passing tones. Major and minor keys, triads and modes within scales, and how to actually be using them. Being able to do ear training practice on the road is a nice refresh every so often from the same old same on the radio. They also have topics covering histories of different instruments and the evolution of those and music itself. Its a great podcast if you are looking to broaden your understanding of music and take it much deeper. It will help and the fact that your have them literally teaching you the components of a college level education in an episode based format makes its easy to study what you want.