Turning Problems Into Gifts And Enemies Into Friends (Coaches Corner, Episode 10)
Imagine if every problem in your musical life was actually a gift… Here are the two key ingredients you need, to make that happen.
Christopher Sutton
Founder and Director of Musical U, Christopher Sutton is a lifelong passionate musician, dedicated to the mission of helping people to achieve their true, full musical potential.
Educated at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge (BA) and Queen Mary, University of London (MSc) Christopher founded Musical U (then, Easy Ear Training) in 2009 to pioneer new ways to make musicality training easy, fun and effective.
He is the creator of best-selling iOS apps Relative Pitch and SingTrue and the viral sensation ToneDeafTest.com. He has authored hundreds of articles and tutorials on Musical-U.com as well as countless other websites and publications, including Making Music Magazine and Total Guitar Magazine.
He is the host of Musicality Now the popular audio/video podcast focusing exclusively on musicality, where he's had the chance to interview over 100 world-leading experts, as well as sharing his own insights and guidance based on the methodology and frameworks created inside Musical U membership.
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Posts by Christopher Sutton
The Goal (Inside The Book)
Can you really become a gifted prodigy or a natural musician? How can you unlock your musical instinct? Find out in this new book.
The 80% Rule In Ear Training
Have you ever slogged away at an ear training exercise day after day and found your improvement lessening and lessening, progress just getting slower and slower? It’s not unusual. And it can be maddening when you’re trying to ace a quiz or you’re...
Get Started With Konnakol (with Alex Ostapenko)
If you’ve ever been curious about the Indian rhythmic language of konnakol, you’ll love trying this mini tutorial with Alex Ostapenko!
Learning The Language Of Rhythm (with Alex Ostapenko)
Meet Alex Ostapenko, a master of both the Indian rhythmic language konnakol and body percussion techniques, and combining both!
Feel, Imagine, Create (with David Reed, Improvise For Real)
What’s going on when you improvise? Is it about theory, scales, listening, instinct, or something else? Christopher and David unpack it all.
Diagnosing And Solving The True Causes Of Musical Struggles (Coaches Corner, Episode 9)
When you get stuck or frustrated in music… how sure are you that you know what the real problem is? It can be pretty surprising what the solution turns out to be, and in today’s Coaches Corner we have three perfect examples of that. Join Christopher and...
Be Yourself And Discover Your Own Music (with David Reed, Improvise For Real)
What does it take to truly be yourself in music? Christopher from Musical U and David Reed from Improvise For Real dig in!
Unlocking Harmony
Discover the two big epiphanies which can transform harmony from overwhelming and endlessly complex… to easy to understand and play by ear.
Classical vs. Rock/Pop vs. Jazz Harmony (with Tony Parlapiano)
In this masterclass clip you’ll discover how classical, pop/rock and jazz harmony are different, and what that can unlock for you.
Creating, Listening, Understanding (with Tony Parlapiano of popMATICS)
Meet Tony Parlapiano of popMATICS, where they help regular music learners discover breakthrough insights and unlock creativity on piano.
Can You Learn Perfect Pitch? Should You? (Inside The Book)
Can you learn perfect pitch (a.k.a. absolute pitch) as an adult? And if so, should you? In this episode we set the record straight.
