Musician's Toolkit

Musician's Toolkit is a reference blog for helping out musicians. As a musician and student myself, I realize how much of a struggle learning a new instrument or piece can be. I reblog tutorials, references, tips and tricks for as many instruments as possible to provide assistance for anyone learning music. I have a passion for music, and would love to help anyone else who shares this interest! Feel free to send asks and I will answer to the best of my ability. If any content on this blog is stolen, please message me and it will be properly sourced or taken down. Most of the information on this blog will be from online sources. I do not accept donations as this blog will be entirely free for all to use! I do, however, accept submissions of tutorials and references. |Regarding Asks: Please keep in mind that I am currently only learning piano, and I will best answer questions regarding piano specifically. I can still answer asks about other instruments, but I may not be able to offer the same type of personal advice.|

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He posts piano midis of popular songs that definitely help with learning them. There are also a few songs here that come with sheet music.

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He does piano covers and tutorials by ear so if reading isn’t your strongest area this might help.

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Fur Elise piano midi- Good for listening to get the feel  before you try to play it.

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Tear In My Heart by Twenty One Pilots tutorial

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A tutorial for Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen

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A palm muting guide for guitarists

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One way of getting more material out of pentatonic shapes is to join two adjacent pentatonic boxes together to create a 3 note per string pattern.

This creates a repeated note between the strings which you can use to your advantage to simplify string crossing, or just purely take advantage of the increased speed you get when playing 3 notes per string instead of 2.

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For anyone just starting out on guitar, here is a guide on how to read the tabs and chords. 

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There aren't too many tutorials on this channel, but they helped me learn the songs more than regular sheet music. The videos don't include sheets, but if you remember the pattern of a song it's pretty easy to pick up. Most of these songs here are by Twenty One Pilots.

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Musescore is user uploaded, but I have found some pretty accurate sheet music here. It also plays the music notes on the sheet to allow you to hear the sheet. I use this for piano, but there are also many different instruments listed that people upload sheets for. Hope this helps!

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This site has lessons and everything so hopefully it will be helpful.

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The Ukulele Teacher has helped me learn several songs on the uke, so I hope others will find his videos helpful as well.

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This week I thought I’d run through 2 seven note fragments that turn into a legato workout that can move you all over the neck.

Both of these note fragments are easy to incorporate and customize into your own improvisation, so give them a go and see how you get on.

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Music Theory Master Post

UPDATED: Sunday, June 21, 2015

Read up for tomorrow’s theory post!

Lesson #1: Staff, Clefs, Pitches on the Staff

Lesson #2: Notes, Basic Intervals, Basic Accidentals, Basic Scale Formation

Lesson #3: Scale Degree Names, Minor Scale Types

Lesson #4: Notes of Treble & Bass Clef

Lesson #5.1: Circle of Fifths

Lesson #5.2: Basic Rhythm

Lesson #6: Rhythm (continued)

Lesson #7: Time Signatures

Lesson #8: Odds & Ends 1 (Ledger Lines, the Keyboard, Double Flats & Sharps, Accidentals, Enharmonics)

Lesson #9: Odds & Ends 2 (Interval Inversions, Consonance & Dissonance, Dynamics, Tempos, Octave Notation)

Lesson #10: Chords, Triads

Lesson #11: Basic Part-Writing, Triad Inversions

Lesson #12: Beginning Roman Numeral Analysis

Lesson #13: Diatonic Seventh Chords, Seventh Chord Roman Numeral Analysis

Lesson #14: Phrases & Cadences

Lesson #15: Nonharmonic Tones, Other Cadences, Triads Outlined in Melody

As always, ask me if you have questions! It’s important to me that you understand the content. See ya tomorrow!

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This week I break down the basic stages in developing a fast fingerstyle technique using the classical guitar tremolo technique.

Inherently the tremolo technique I build on is already capable of achieving the speeds that you need, so this is much more about…

* Building Finger Strength, * Evenness of Movement, * Left hand/ right hand synchronisation * Generalising the Technique.

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Basic Chords Chart