Introduction to Time Signatures
Don’t know your 4/4 from your 2/2? Start here! We take you through some basic time signatures, and show you how to listen for them.
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
A Musical Platitude, Advice from the Guru, Practice or Performance?, and Learning with Roadmaps
We explore a musical cliche, interview the guitar guru of Nashville, differentiate practice from playing, and show you how to structure your music learning.
Improv Month, Tools For Improv, The Experts Talk Improv, and Approaching Improv
We’re finishing off Improv Month with a recap of the month, advice for starting your improv journey, and some inspiring examples of the craft.
Form and Phrasing, Improvisation Ideas, Starting to Improvise, and Shaping Your Improv
This week in Improv Month, we’re showing you how to structure your melodies, chords, riffs, and rhythms with the concept of phrasing.
Improvising with Phrasing and Form: Resource Pack Preview
Scales, licks, and riffs not enough? Learn the secret of transforming your improvisation from meager to masterpiece with phrasing and form.
Classical Improv, Improvising the Right Way, Interactive Improv, and Improv with Scales and Chords
Get acquainted with classical music improv, interactive improvisation, using harmony to improvise, and the right way of learning to improvise.
Solo on the Spot, Just Improvising, Creative Silence, and Spontaneous Rhythm
Musical U’s first week of Improv Month gets you acquainted with improvising three ways: by soloing, with rhythm, and with (!) silence.
Musicality Means: Improvising A Solo
Why should you learn to improvise, and how can you go about doing so? Read all about the art of crafting unforgettable licks on the spot!
Improv Month, Keeping Music Alive, Musical Revelations, and Intro to Improv
Get a crash course in learning to improvise, read about two fascinating musical journeys, and celebrate the arrival of improv month at Musical U!
Musical U Member Spotlight: Ashley Sherman
This week, Musical U interviews member Ashley Sherman on her breakthrough moments in music, and how Musical U helped her get there.
Double-Down on Music, Swingin’ Rhythms, Centering Music, and the Art of Arranging
This week on Musical U: a unique guitarpicking style, swing rhythms, the art of forging your own path in music, and the useful practice of arranging music.
Swing Rhythm: Resource Pack Preview
Swing rhythm feels so good, but nailing it on your instrument is another story. Our piano, bass, and guitar pros do the math to reveal the secrets of swing.
