The "Big 5" Skills of Modern Musicianship, with Dr. Chad West (Interview)
Find out music educator Dr. Chad West’s thoughts on how musicianship is taught today, and how we can improve this process for children and adults alike.
Intermediate Solfa Sight-Singing Practice Exercises
Get a free set of intermediate-level practice exercises to take your solfa sight-singing skills to the next level so you can easily sing from written music.
Musicality means… Playing By Ear
Playing by ear is a desirable skill for all musicians, and is something that can be learned. Find out how you can develop your musicality and play by ear.
Beginner Solfa Sight-Singing Practice Exercises
When you look at music notation can you immediately hear the notes in your head? This is essential for sight-singing and these solfa exercises make it easy.
Audiation: To Be a Better Musician, Use Your Imagination
Do you want to make your practice time more efficient? Or become a more versatile instrumentalist? Audiation can help you develop your musical abilities.
Rhythm Bootcamp: Got No Rhythm?
You can Improve your sense of rhythm by internalizing the beat in your mind using audiation. Learn more and practice this skill with some simple exercises.
12 Ways to be a Better Improviser
Improvisation is a fun musical activity but it can be challenging to learn. Here are twelve effective ways you can learn to improvise music yourself.
Solfa and the Score: Music Transcription
Work through these exercises to be able to transcribe short melodies using the notes of the pentatonic scale and solfa syllables you have internalised.
How to Improvise on Saxophone, Part Two
After mastering the blues learn how to improvise jazz on the saxophone! Using simple scales and chord progressions experiment with rhythm and tempo.
10 Ways to Find More Time for Music This Year
10 practical tips to help you plan music goals, practice time and progress tracking. With links to helpful apps, podcasts, and online music communities.
Talking Rhythm: Syncopated Rhythms and the Kodály Method
Take your rhythm counting to the next level and learn how to count syncopated rhythms using the Kodály method. With example audio clips and score notation.
The Secret Music Practice Skill: Audiation
There’s a musical skill which can bring you unlimited extra practice time and powerfully improve your sense of pitch: audiation. Learn how to do it here.
