Musicality Now
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Ever wondered why some people seem to have a gift for music? Have you wished that you could play by ear, sing in tune, improvise and jam? You are in the right place.
The Musicality Podcast is a mix of interviews and teaching, featuring some of the most inspiring and insightful musicians and music educators, talking about how to learn the core inner skills you need to feel like a "natural" in music and enjoy freedom, creativity and confidence.
Topics include: Playing by ear, Singing in tune, Jamming with other musicians, Having a good sense of rhythm, Writing your own music, Writing notation, Improvising a solo, Talking intelligently about music, Understanding Music Theory, Clapping in time, Knowing your instrument inside and out, Tuning your instrument by ear, Reading notation, Sight-reading music, Playing from a lead sheet, Performing live, and Playing multiple instruments.
The Musicality Podcast is brought to you by Musical U (musical-u.com), the leading provider of musicality training online. Learn more and get shownotes at musicalitypodcast.com.
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245: Q&A: How (and why) should you do ear training for scales?
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Jun 18, 2020 |
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244: Q&A: I sometimes get the notes wrong when I sing - what can I do?
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Jun 13, 2020 |
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243: Q&A: If playing music is like speaking a language - what about harmony?
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Jun 04, 2020 |
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242: Q&A: Why use headphones and what kind should I buy?
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Jun 02, 2020 |
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241: Q&A: What can you do if you struggle to audiate (imagine music)?
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May 30, 2020 |
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240: Q&A: Sometimes I feel like I'm just guessing - is that wrong?
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May 25, 2020 |
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239: Getting Out Of Your Own Way, with Dylan Hart
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May 15, 2020 |
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238: Pathways: Oli Fuhrmann
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May 10, 2020 |
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237: What is musical “superlearning”?
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May 03, 2020 |
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236: Practice Q&A [5/5] How To Spend Practice Time And Prevent Overwhelm
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Apr 25, 2020 |
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235: Practice Q&A [4/5] How To Stay Consistent - Without Discipline
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Apr 23, 2020 |
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234: Practice Q&A [3/5] How To Conquer Tricky Sections And Break Through Plateaus
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Apr 21, 2020 |
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233: Practice Q&A [2/5] How To Get Maximum Results In Minimum Time
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Apr 18, 2020 |
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232: Practice Q&A [1/5] How To Find More Music Practice Time
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Apr 17, 2020 |
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230: Pathways: Joanne Cooper
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Apr 08, 2020 |
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231: Creative Improv for Classical Musicians, with Laura Nerenberg
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Apr 08, 2020 |
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230: Pathways: Joanne Cooper
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Apr 02, 2020 |
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229: Four "Defaults" For Positivity And Success, with Brent Vaartstra (Learn Jazz Standards)
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Mar 30, 2020 |
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228: Authentic, Engaging, Cooperative Learning, with Zach VanderGraaff (The Dynamic Music Room)
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Mar 26, 2020 |
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227: Stay In. Play On!
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Mar 23, 2020 |
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226: Choose Your Words Carefully, with Glory St. Germain (Ultimate Music Theory)
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Mar 04, 2020 |
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225: How The Best Play Their Best, with Annie Bosler
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Feb 26, 2020 |
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224: The Biology Of Musicality, with Prof. Henkjan Honing
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Feb 19, 2020 |
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223: Your Peak Performance Toolkit, with Mark Morley-Fletcher (Play In The Zone)
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Feb 12, 2020 |
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222: Getting Into The Music And Into Flow, With Diane Allen
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Feb 05, 2020 |
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221: Pathways Jon Magnusson
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Jan 29, 2020 |
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220: How to Achieve Rapid, Unstoppable Progress in Music Learning
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Jan 23, 2020 |
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219: Learning to Love Leadsheets, with Ruth Power (Piano Picnic)
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Jan 16, 2020 |
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218: Composing For Games, with Dan Hulsman (VGM Academy)
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Jan 10, 2020 |
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217: Rewind: Reflections
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Dec 30, 2019 |
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216: Pathways - Sharilynn Horhota
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Dec 18, 2019 |
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215: What Music Practice Really Means, with Jonathan Harnum (The Practice Of Practice)
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Dec 11, 2019 |
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214: Mind Before Fingers, with Marilyn White Lowe (Music Moves For Piano)
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Dec 04, 2019 |
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213: How to Learn Like a Genius, with Gregg Goodhart
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Nov 27, 2019 |
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212: From The Notes On the Page To Artistry And Mastery, with Dennis Alexander (Premier Piano Course)
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Nov 20, 2019 |
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211: Pathways - Nick Cheetham
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Nov 14, 2019 |
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210: The Keys to Performance Success, with Dr. Don Greene (Winning On Stage)
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Nov 06, 2019 |
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209: Side By Side In Music, with Caroline Whiddon (Me2_Orchestra)
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Oct 30, 2019 |
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208: Making Music Books More Musical, with Joseph Alexander
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Oct 23, 2019 |
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207: What Is Ear Training? (and why does it normally fail?)
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Oct 17, 2019 |
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206: Your Connection To Music, with Dave Isaacs (The Perpetual Beginner)
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Oct 15, 2019 |
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205: Unlock Your Potential By Understanding Your Mind, with Nick Bottini
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Oct 09, 2019 |
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204: Nature, Nurture, and your Duvet of Music, with Robert Emery
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Oct 02, 2019 |
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203: In Perfect Swinging Harmony, with the Quebe Sisters
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Sep 25, 2019 |
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202: Making Improv a Game, with Jeffrey Agrell
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Sep 18, 2019 |
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201: About the Circle of Fifths
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Sep 11, 2019 |
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200: What is Musicality?
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Sep 04, 2019 |
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199: Rewind Ease and Joy
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Aug 28, 2019 |
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198: How Composers Improve, with Matthew Ellul (School of Composition)
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Aug 21, 2019 |
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197: Intimidating - or Inspiring? You Choose
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Aug 14, 2019 |
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196: Your Codex and Creativity
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Aug 07, 2019 |
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195: Boosting Musical Brainpower, with Josh Turknett (Brainjo)
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Jul 31, 2019 |
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194: A Simple Tip for Indecision and Analysis-Paralysis
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Jul 24, 2019 |
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193: More Mindful, More Musical, with Susanne Olbrich
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Jul 17, 2019 |
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192: From Mechanics to Organics, with Bradley Sowash
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Jul 12, 2019 |
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191: Rewind: A Mindset for Music Theory
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Jul 03, 2019 |
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190: 100% Emotion, With Michele McLaughlin
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Jun 26, 2019 |
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189: How To Handle Musical Mistakes With Grace
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Jun 20, 2019 |
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188: Awareness, Innovation and Reflection, with Michael Compitello
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Jun 12, 2019 |
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187: Is Aiming For Perfect Actually Holding You Back
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Jun 06, 2019 |
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186: Letting the Music Play You, with Paul Wertico
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Jun 04, 2019 |
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185: Getting Into Action For Transformation
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May 31, 2019 |
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184: What's Going on In Your Head?
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May 30, 2019 |
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183: Ease and Joy in Music Learning
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May 28, 2019 |
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182: Do You Have An "Inner Natural Musician" - Here's How To Know
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May 23, 2019 |
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181: How to Earn Your Inspiration, with Mark Cawley (Song Journey)
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May 21, 2019 |
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180: Rewind-Singing
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May 16, 2019 |
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179: Playing With Heart and By Heart, with Sarah Jeffery (Team Recorder)
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May 14, 2019 |
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178: 3 Lessons on Music Practice From The World's Top Bassists
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May 09, 2019 |
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177: The Roots of Greatness, with Scott Devine (Scott's Bass Lessons)
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May 07, 2019 |
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176: How to Hear Like A Musician
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May 02, 2019 |
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175: What it means to Hear Like A Musician
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Apr 30, 2019 |
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174: The Musicality of the Beatles
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Apr 25, 2019 |
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173: How To Be The Beatles, with Hard Day's Night
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Apr 23, 2019 |
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172: The Story of the Fifth Beatle, with Kenneth Womack
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Apr 19, 2019 |
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171: The Simplicity and Sophistication of the Beatles, with Aaron Krerowicz
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Apr 16, 2019 |
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170: The Message in the Music of the Beatles with Scott Kuehn
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Apr 11, 2019 |
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169: Writing Songs the Beatles Way, with Matt Blick
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Apr 09, 2019 |
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168: How the Beatles Came to Be, with Scott Freiman
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Apr 04, 2019 |
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167: Welcome To Beatles Month
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Apr 02, 2019 |
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166: When to stick with it - and when to move on
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Mar 28, 2019 |
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165: Is it time to break up with music?
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Mar 21, 2019 |
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164: Rewind: Practicing
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Mar 19, 2019 |
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163: Forget Being Realistic - Do This Instead
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Mar 14, 2019 |
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162: How to Stop Doubting and Start Performing, with Brent Vaartstra (Passive Income Musician)
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Mar 12, 2019 |
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161: How to Improve AND Enjoy Your Musical Life
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Mar 07, 2019 |
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160: Fundamentals Over Flash, with John Hatcher (Blues Guitar Institute)
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Mar 05, 2019 |
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159: How To Start Improvising Today
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Feb 28, 2019 |
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158: How To Truly Listen, with Evelyn Glennie
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Feb 26, 2019 |
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157: Can't Improvise? There's just one thing holding you back
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Feb 21, 2019 |
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156: Find and Make Peace with Your Voice, with Nikki Loney (The Full Voice)
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Feb 19, 2019 |
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155: Intervals Versus Solfa: Which Is Best
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Feb 14, 2019 |
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154: The Power of Curiosity, with Adam Neely
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Feb 12, 2019 |
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153: Hey! Where are you going
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Feb 07, 2019 |
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152: Making Music Learning a Picnic, with Ruth Power (Piano Picnic)
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Feb 05, 2019 |
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151: About Hacking Habituation
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Jan 31, 2019 |
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150: Entertainment and Education, with Mr. Q-U-E (Music Notes)
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Jan 29, 2019 |
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149: Song Writing/ Start and Succeed, with Alex Forbes
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Jan 24, 2019 |
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148: Creativity, Composing, and Confidence, with Sabrina Peña Young (Libertaria)
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Jan 22, 2019 |
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147: Foundations Of A Musical Mind Is Open!
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Jan 17, 2019 |
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146: Bringing It All Together
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Jan 16, 2019 |
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145: Musicality Unleashed - Creativity is the Vehicle, Not the Destination
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Jan 15, 2019 |
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144: Musicality Unleashed - Singing Is Your Birthright
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Jan 14, 2019 |
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143: Musicality Unleashed - Don't Just Learn Songs - Learn Music Through Songs
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Jan 13, 2019 |
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142: Musicality Unleashed - A Better Mental Model for Rhythm
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Jan 12, 2019 |
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141: Musicality Unleashed - A Better Mental Model for Pitch
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Jan 11, 2019 |
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140: Musicality Unleashed - Did You Skip Step One?
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Jan 10, 2019 |
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139: Musicality Unleashed - What Makes A Musician A Natural
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Jan 09, 2019 |
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138: Musicality Unleashed - The Two Things Most Music Education Is Missing
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Jan 09, 2019 |
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137: Musicality Unleashed - The Truth About Talent
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Jan 08, 2019 |
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136: A Change is Gonna Come
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Jan 03, 2019 |
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135: About the Little Why
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Dec 20, 2018 |
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134: About Your Self
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Dec 18, 2018 |
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133: About the Clave
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Dec 13, 2018 |
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132: Becoming a Bulletproof Musician, with Noa Kageyama
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Dec 11, 2018 |
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131: About the Long and Winding Road
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Dec 06, 2018 |
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130: Practice, Performance, and Powerful Levers, with Josh Wright
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Dec 04, 2018 |
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129: About Overwhelm in Music
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Nov 29, 2018 |
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128: Circles of Creativity, with Tim Topham
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Nov 27, 2018 |
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127: About Hearing Key Changes
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Nov 22, 2018 |
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126: Learning to Rock the Stage, with Kevin Richards (RPM Vocal Studios)
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Nov 20, 2018 |
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125: About Taking a Long-Term Mindset
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Nov 15, 2018 |
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124: Making Sight Singing Child's Play, with Dale Duncan (In The Middle With Mr. D)
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Nov 13, 2018 |
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123: About the Pentatonic Scale
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Nov 08, 2018 |
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122: Explaining the Musical Ear, with Aimee Nolte
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Nov 06, 2018 |
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121: About Negative Musical Experiences
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Nov 01, 2018 |
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120: Audiation and Thinking Music, with Professor Cynthia Crump Taggart (Gordon Institute For Music Learning)
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Oct 30, 2018 |
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119: About Klezmer Music
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Oct 25, 2018 |
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118: Music Learning at Warp Speed, with Jason Haaheim
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Oct 23, 2018 |
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117: About Playing in Any Style
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Oct 18, 2018 |
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116: Designing for Joyful Learning, with Anne Mileski (Anacrusic)
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Oct 16, 2018 |
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115: About Taking it Step by Step
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Oct 11, 2018 |
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114: Focusing on What Matters, with Jeff Schneider
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Oct 09, 2018 |
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113: About the Message in the Music
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Oct 04, 2018 |
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112: Becoming an Expert Learner, with Josh Plotner
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Oct 02, 2018 |
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111: About Listening as the Route to Musicality
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Sep 27, 2018 |
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110: Emotion and Efficiency, with Marc Gelfo (Modacity)
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Sep 25, 2018 |
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109: The Importance of Joy and Pleasure
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Sep 20, 2018 |
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108: What You May Not Know About Blues Harmonica, with David Barrett
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Sep 18, 2018 |
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107: About Exploring Without Self-Judgement
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Sep 13, 2018 |
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106: Learning, Playing, and Thriving with Elisa Janson-Jones (Music Ed Mentor)
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Sep 11, 2018 |
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105: About You Being Musical Inside Already
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Sep 06, 2018 |
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104: Exploring the Chord Genome, with Austin Brentley
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Sep 04, 2018 |
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103: About Keeping It Simple
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Aug 30, 2018 |
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102: Music Theory You'll Love to Learn, with Glory St. Germain (Ultimate Music Theory)
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Aug 28, 2018 |
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101: Unlocking Your Musicality - Part Two
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Aug 23, 2018 |
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100: Unlocking Your Musicality - Part One
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Aug 21, 2018 |
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099: About Creating Music Worth Sharing
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Aug 16, 2018 |
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098: Today's Music Industry and Finding Your Fans, with Todd McCarty (Heat on the Street)
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Aug 14, 2018 |
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097: About Playing Like Singing
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Aug 09, 2018 |
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096: Musical Storytelling and the Art of Cabaret, with Fiona-Jane Weston
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Aug 07, 2018 |
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095: About the Moods of Modes
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Aug 02, 2018 |
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094: Inside the Jazz Mind, with Marshall McDonald (Count Basie Orchestra)
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Jul 31, 2018 |
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093: About Frequencies in Music, Part Two
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Jul 26, 2018 |
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092: Getting Under the Hood, with Leila Viss (88 Piano Keys)
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Jul 24, 2018 |
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091: About Teachers, Coaches, and Mentors
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Jul 19, 2018 |
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090: Growing Into A Mighty Oak, with Andy Wasserman (Lydian Chromatic Concept)
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Jul 17, 2018 |
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089: About Playing Multiple Instruments
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Jul 12, 2018 |
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088: Folk, Frameworks, and Fun, with David Row (Make Moments Matter)
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Jul 10, 2018 |
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087: About Frequencies in Music
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Jul 05, 2018 |
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086: Singing and Science- Busting Myths with Allan Hubert-Wright (Le Chanteur Moderne)
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Jul 03, 2018 |
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085: About Succeeding with Online Courses
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Jun 28, 2018 |
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084: Getting Heard and Getting Paid, Your Way, with Bree Noble (Female Entrepreneur Musician)
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Jun 26, 2018 |
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083: About Polyrhythms
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Jun 21, 2018 |
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082: Art and Opportunity, with Kendra McKinley
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Jun 19, 2018 |
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081: About Audiation
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Jun 14, 2018 |
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080: Becoming Curious, with Sharon Mark-Teggart (Curious Piano Teachers)
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Jun 12, 2018 |
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079: About Choosing an Online Music Course
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Jun 07, 2018 |
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078: Finding, Recovering, and Maintaining Motivation, with David Brown (Piano Cub)
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Jun 05, 2018 |
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077: About the Word Tone (Part Two)
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May 31, 2018 |
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076: What Your Voice Can Do, with Jeremy Fisher (Vocal Process)
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May 29, 2018 |
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075: About the Lydian Chromatic Concept
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May 24, 2018 |
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074: The Musicality of Sitting on a Rock, with Andrew Bishko
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May 22, 2018 |
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073: About Playing by Ear with Trial and Error
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May 17, 2018 |
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072: Off the page and back again, with Chris Owenby (Practice Habits)
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May 15, 2018 |
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071: About the Non-Musical Benefits of Music
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May 10, 2018 |
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070: Transforming Education through Music, with Jimmy Rotheram
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May 08, 2018 |
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069: About the Word Tone
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May 03, 2018 |
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068: Listen First, with Donna Schwartz (Everything Saxophone)
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May 01, 2018 |
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067: About Scales and Their Flavors
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Apr 26, 2018 |
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066: Discover Your Own Musical Creativity, with Forrest Kinney (Pattern Play)
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Apr 24, 2018 |
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065: About Sight-Reading Music
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Apr 19, 2018 |
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064: The Instrument Inside You, with Ben Parry (National Youth Choirs)
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Apr 17, 2018 |
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063: About Deliberate Practice in Music
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Apr 12, 2018 |
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062: The Truth About Talent, with Professor Anders Ericsson
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Apr 10, 2018 |
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061: About Having A Roadmap
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Apr 05, 2018 |
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060: Follow Your Ear, with Dave Isaacs
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Apr 03, 2018 |
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059: About Learning to Improvise
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Mar 29, 2018 |
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058: Building Blocks of Improv, with Brenden Lowe (Jazz Piano School)
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Mar 27, 2018 |
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057: Improvising with Structure and Phrasing
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Mar 22, 2018 |
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056: Tell Your Own Story, with David Wallimann
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Mar 20, 2018 |
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055: About Improvising with Scales and Chords
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Mar 15, 2018 |
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054: How to Improvise For Real, with David Reed
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Mar 13, 2018 |
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053: About Improvising Rhythm
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Mar 08, 2018 |
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52: How to Just Play, with Nick Mainella (10 Minute Jazz Lesson)
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Mar 06, 2018 |
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051: About Improvisation
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Mar 01, 2018 |
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050: Unleashing Inspiration, with Vincent James (Keep Music Alive)
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Feb 27, 2018 |
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049: About Arranging Music
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Feb 22, 2018 |
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048: Doubling Down on Your Craft, with Brad Davis
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Feb 20, 2018 |
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047: About Meter in Music
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Feb 15, 2018 |
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046: More Ways of Knowing Music, with Jeremy Dittus (Dalcroze School of the Rockies)
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Feb 13, 2018 |
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045: About Your Voice Sounding Weird
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Feb 08, 2018 |
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044: All Things Vocal, with Judy Rodman
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Feb 06, 2018 |
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043: About the 12-Bar Blues
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Feb 01, 2018 |
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042: How to Really Play Music, with Bill Hilton
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Jan 30, 2018 |
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041: About the Hook
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Jan 25, 2018 |
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040: Multi-coloured Music, with the HookTheory team
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Jan 23, 2018 |
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039: About Grid Notation
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Jan 18, 2018 |
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038: Top Musicality Tools and Tech, With Katie Wardrobe (Midnight Music)
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Jan 16, 2018 |
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037: About Singing As A Tool
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Jan 11, 2018 |
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036: Singing That Sounds Good - And Beyond, With Davin Youngs (Chicago Circle Singing)
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Jan 09, 2018 |
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035: About Active Listening
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Jan 04, 2018 |
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034: Why and How to Learn Theory, with Matthew Scott Phillips and Jeremy Burns (Music Student 101)
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Jan 02, 2018 |
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033: About the I, IV, V and VI Chords
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Dec 28, 2017 |
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032: Turning Ordinary People into Musicians, with Casey McCann (Eclectic Music)
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Dec 26, 2017 |
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031: About Transcribing Music
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Dec 14, 2017 |
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030: The Rhythm of Success, with Steve Nixon (Free Jazz Lessons)
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Dec 12, 2017 |
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029: About Good Music Habits
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Dec 07, 2017 |
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028: Finding and Sustaining Creativity, with David Andrew Wiebe (Music Entrepreneur HQ)
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Dec 05, 2017 |
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027: About Finding Chords in Scales
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Nov 30, 2017 |
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026: A Toolbox of Musical Understanding, with Scott Sharp (Fretboard Toolbox)
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Nov 28, 2017 |
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025: About Mindfulness for Musicians
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Nov 23, 2017 |
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024: Note2Self: "I Love This!", with Lisa McCormick
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Nov 21, 2017 |
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023: About the 10,000 Hour Rule
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Nov 16, 2017 |
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022: Beyond the "Quick Fix", with Ged Brockie (The Guitar and Music Institute)
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Nov 14, 2017 |
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021: About Chord Tones
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Nov 09, 2017 |
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020: How to Sing Smarter, with Meghan Nixon
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Nov 07, 2017 |
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019: About Recovering from Mistakes
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Nov 02, 2017 |
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018: Getting "Off Book", with Melody Payne
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Oct 31, 2017 |
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017: About the Ear Training Trap
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Oct 26, 2017 |
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016: An Ear for Jazz, with Brent Vaartstra (Learn Jazz Standards)
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Oct 24, 2017 |
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015: About Pentascales
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Oct 20, 2017 |
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014: Finding the notes yourself, with Sara Campbell (Sara's Music Studio)
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Oct 17, 2017 |
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013: About Finding Your Note
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Oct 12, 2017 |
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012: Learning to Sing in Tune, with George Bevan (Music@Monkton)
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Oct 10, 2017 |
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011: About Learning Faster by Recording Yourself
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Oct 05, 2017 |
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010: Making Music with Ease, with Gerald Klickstein (The Musician's Way)
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Oct 03, 2017 |
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009: About Perfect Pitch
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Sep 28, 2017 |
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008: Making Ear Training a Game with Steve Myers (Theta Music Trainer)
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Sep 26, 2017 |
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007: About the Power of Solfa
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Sep 21, 2017 |
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006: Seriously Enjoyable Music Learning, with Shelle Soelberg (Let's Play Music)
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Sep 19, 2017 |
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005: About Whole and Half Steps
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Sep 11, 2017 |
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004: How to Hear and Play with Jermaine Griggs (HearAndPlay.com)
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Sep 11, 2017 |
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003: About Playing from a Lead Sheet
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Sep 11, 2017 |
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002: A Mindset for Musicality, with Natalie Weber (Music Matters Blog)
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Sep 11, 2017 |
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001: Welcome to the Musicality Podcast!
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Sep 08, 2017 |