Music and Faith, Committing to Music, Playing By Ear Together, and Learning Music Online
Explore the topic of musical motivation with two interviews, a tutorial on collaborative playing by ear, and a guide to choosing an online music course.
Musical U Team
The Musical U team features a range of world-class music education experts, specialising in musicality and the accelerated learning techniques referred to as "superlearning".
Current and past team members include:
- Christopher Sutton: Founder and Director
- Andrew Bishko: Head Educator
- Stewart Hilton: Community Conductor
- Zac Bailey: Head of Member Success
- Camilo Suárez: Next Level Coach
- Andy Portas: Next Level Coach
- Marisa Balistreri: Communications Manager
- Sabrina Peña Young:Contributing Author
- Nick Long: Contributing Author
- Thomas Evdokimoff: Contributing Author
- Charlotte Farley: Contributing Author
- Alexander Poe: Contributing Author
Posts by Musical U Team
Fresh in May, Swing Away, Vocal Power, and Exploring Tone
Explore the concept of timbre and the quality of sound through swing music, experimenting with your singing voice, and the multipurpose word “tone”.
Getting the Blues, A Musical Life, The Science of Learning, and The Lydian Chromatic Concept
We discuss the science of learning, give you tools to play the blues, crack open the Lydian mode, and interview a man with an awe-inspiring music career.
The Blues: Resource Pack Preview
What’s the best way to feel good about feeling bad? The Blues! Musical U’s Resident Pros show the scales, chords, licks to jam the blues on your instrument.
Beyond Classical, On and Off the Page, Musical Roadblocks, Trial and… Improvement
We explore one Musical U member’s journey, share advice for overcoming learning roadblocks, and give you a primer on how to learn to play by ear.
Parsing Polyrhythm, Music Education Done Right, A Musical Network, Music and Your Well-being
There are many benefits to making music a social endeavour! This week, we explore a rhythmic tradition, education initiative, and phone app that can help.
Polyrhythm for Beginners
Open your ears to the beautiful complexity of polyrhythms, and learn how you can internalize these rhythms and put them to use in your own songwriting.
April’s Arrivals, Using Your Ears, Chemistry with CNVS, and All About Tone
Take a peek at what’s new in Musical U for the month of April, and learn about why listening is perhaps the most important musical skill of all.
Internalizing Intervals, Creative Teaching, Rhythm in 2’s and 3’s, and A World of Scales
This week, we explore the concept of “feeling” music through scales, rhythm, intervals, and a creative approach to music education.
Intervals: Resource Pack Preview
Learn how the smallest musical building block – the interval – plays out on piano, bass, and guitar. Your interval training can create worlds of fun music.
Sight Reading, Vocal Wisdom, Computer Creations, and Music at a Glance
We explore using software to create music, interview a choir veteran on all things singing, and take a look at combining musicality and sight reading.
In Good Time, The Talent Myth, No Pain – All Gain, and Deliberate Practice
This week: a crash course in time signatures, the myth of “natural talent”, the secret to good technique, and the concept of deliberate practice.
