What Makes Klezmer Sound Like That? With Paul Green
On first listen, Klezmer sounds oddly familiar. Learning the musical elements of this passionate, funky Jewish genre opens up new expressive possibilities.
Discovering Pentatonic Solfa: From Pentatonic to Diatonic
Five notes to seven: two notes expand our solfa skills to embrace so much music! Grow your skills with these fun exercises, and expand them into real music.
Discovering Pentatonic Solfa, Part 1: Exercises
The Pentatonic Scale is the most popular scale in human history. Learn how to hear, transcribe and play pentatonic melodies with solfa with fun exercises.
The Lydian Scale: How a Minor Second Made a Major Difference
Compare the Lydian and major scales and awaken your sense of tonal gravity. Both Lydian and major reveal the nature of historic change past and present.
The Lydian Scale: Seeking The Ultimate Mysteries of Music
We may learn the Major scale as the most basic and fundamental – but there is good reason to consider the Lydian scale as the “sun” of the musical universe.
Tension and Release: When Scales Meet Chord Progressions
What happens when scales and chord progressions meet? This little exercise will have a big impact on your improvisation, playing by ear, and songwriting.
Tension and Release: Play the Dance of Scale and Chord
Learning to hear the nuances of tension and release in the interaction of scales and chords will do wonders for our abilities to play by ear and improvise.
4 Ways to Spice Up Your Scales
Scales can be a real sore spot for musicians but they don’t have to be. Here are 4 ways to make scales more fun and interesting to practice.
Finding the Tonic in Minor Keys, Part Two
Time to practice finding the tonic in minor melodies with these real music examples. Also, get some helpful tips on how to avoid the four common pitfalls.
Finding the Tonic in Minor Keys
Finding the tonic of a melody is the first step to transcribing, solfa and understanding musical form. Minor keys add a few twists and turns to the process.
Finding the Tonic in Major Keys, Part Two
Learn how to find the tonic of any piece of music and practice with these well-known popular songs and classical pieces in part two of this tutorial.
Finding the Tonic in Major Keys
Identifying the tonic in a melody is a useful skill that will help you play by ear, transcribe and more. Find out how, and practice with these examples.
