The 20 Most Romantic Renditions of Jazz Standards
When it comes to romantic music, jazz is king. Check out some top songsters’ heartstoppingly beautiful renditions of timeless jazz classics!
Multi-coloured Music, with the HookTheory team
The Musicality Podcast interviews the creators of HookTheory, an incredible tool for songwriters that want to understand the theory behind their music.
Getting Your Ear Into Gear
Piano pro Ruth Power shows you how to deepen your musical understanding using the art of active listening.
How to Write A Song, with O&O
Music duo O&O share an approach to songwriting that plays to your strengths, gets your creative juices flowing, and inspires collaboration!
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.
Open Your Ears to Pop
What makes pop pop? While drawing from several other genres, like rock, hip-hop, country, and R & B, pop music has its own musical and cultural qualities.
Turn a card, write a song: Easy as Ace, Two, Three!
It’s easy to feel stuck or intimidated when writing a new song. Try using this fun song-writing game to loosen up your creativity!
Exploring Classical Music: The Baroque Era
The 400-year-old Baroque—with its stark contrasts, passionate melodies, and motoric rhythms—has never been more popular than it is today. Find out why.
Break Songwriter’s Block Using Reference Tracks
All song writers experience writer’s block at some stage. Learn about the powerful technique of using “reference tracks” to break through your blocks.
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.
They Carved Their Names in Rock: 5 Giants of Rock Improvisation
Looking for your own sound? Listen to these five rock improvisation giants and practice what you hear. You will absorb their greatness and make it your own.
