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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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302: Get Started With Konnakol (with Alex Ostapenko)
In this clip from Alex Ostapenko's Musical U masterclass, he'll walk you through the basics of the Indian rhythmic language of konnakol, and how you can start experimenting and being creative with it!
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Full Show Notes and Transcript: http://musicalitynow.com/302
Links and Resources
• Musicality Now: Learning The Language Of Rhythm (with Alex Ostapenko)
• Alex's YouTube channel
• Alex's rhythm courses
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301: Learning The Language Of Rhythm (with Alex Ostapenko)
In this mini-interview with konnakol and body percussion expert Alex Ostapenko, you'll discover his views on musicality, his own rhythmic awakening, and how both konnakol and body percussion can be valuable additions to any musician's toolkit!
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Full Show Notes and Transcript: http://musicalitynow.com/301
Links and Resources
• Alex's YouTube channel
• Alex's rhythm courses
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300: Feel, Imagine, Create (with David Reed, Improvise For Real)
Join Christopher and David Reed from Improvise for Real for part two of a fascinating conversation where they unpack what's going on when we learn to improvise - and when we actually do it.
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Full Show Notes and Transcript: http://musicalitynow.com/300
Links and Resources
• Musicality Now: Be Yourself And Discover Your Own Music (with David Reed, Improvise For Real)
• Improvise For Real
• IFR on Instagram
• IFR on Facebook
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299: Diagnosing And Solving The True Causes Of Musical Struggles (Coaches Corner, Episode 9)
Join Christopher and the Next Level coaching team to discover the latest tips, tricks and techniques you can use to advance in your own musical life.
In this episode:
- Andrew shares an illustration of the power of musicality to fix even seemingly-unrelated problems with technique
- Zac gives a beautiful example of how active listening can dramatically simplify your learning tasks in music
- Andy explains how to get out of the "I should" and "I'll never" head trash and focus on what's really true in practice and performance
- And Camilo shares the power of self-recording to demonstrate with certainty the progress you've really made!
All that and more in this week's Coaches Corner!
Tip: find just ONE idea from everything that's shared, and take it to your next music practice session or apply it in YOUR musical life.
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Full Show Notes and Transcript: http://musicalitynow.com/299
Links and Resources
• Musicality Now: Can You Learn Perfect Pitch? Should You? (Inside The Book)
• The Musicality Book
• Musicality Now: Creating, Listening, Understanding (with Tony Parlapiano of popMATICS)
• Musicality Now: Classical vs. Rock/Pop vs. Jazz Harmony (with Tony Parlapiano)
• Musicality Now: Unlocking Harmony
• Musicality Now: Be Yourself And Discover Your Own Music (with David Reed, Improvise For Real)
• Improvise For Real
• How To Write Songs
• Next Level Coaching
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298: Be Yourself And Discover Your Own Music (with David Reed, Improvise For Real)
Join Christopher and David Reed from Improvise For Real for part one of a fascinating conversation where they go deep on musicality, creativity, and what it means to be a musician.
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Full Show Notes and Transcript: http://musicalitynow.com/298
Links and Resources
• Improvise For Real
• IFR on Instagram
• IFR on Facebook
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297: Unlocking Harmony
Do you sometimes feel a bit baffled, overwhelmed by harmony and chord progressions in music?
Today I want to share with you two big epiphanies I had over the years which DRAMATICALLY simplified things for me and unlocked playing chords by ear faster than had ever seemed possible.
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Full Show Notes and Transcript: http://musicalitynow.com/297
Links and Resources
• Musicality Now: Classical vs. Rock/Pop vs. Jazz Harmony (with Tony Parlapiano)
• The Musicality Book
• Dave Conservatoire
• Four Chords And The Truth
• Exploring Common Chord Progressions
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