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Halloween Music Activities for Your Ghouls and Goblins It’s no secret around here that we are a little obsessed with  Halloween . Luckily we’re not the only music education site that is! We’ve rounded up posts from some of our kindred “spirits” who love the festivities of Halloween as much as we do and have created plenty of eerie exercises for children to practice their ear training and rhythmic skills.

READ FULL ARTICLE:  7 Creepy Tricks and Treats for Writing Halloween Horror Music Halloween brings out the scary and creepy in music. Learning how to write music that is perfect for Halloween horror is easy and a lot of fun! Follow these seven simple tips about how you can use sound effects, instrumentation, harmony and more to create a convincing scary song this Halloween.

READ MORE :  Halloween Fun, Listening to Learn and Sound Therapy Did you know that research has suggested that we only retain 25% to 50% of what we hear? That makes listening skills for musicians all the more important, especially if you are to learn from what you hear. Listening to music to learn an instrument is an often neglected part of music education, yet probably the most important aspect. Listening to your inner self is just as important for musicians. If you connect to your own sounds and listen to your subconscious voice, you may even learn something that has the power to heal. But first! Yes, we know Halloween is over but we couldn’t resist just  one more paranormal post !

READ MORE :  How to Spookify Your Songs for Halloween Halloween is just around the corner! With scary movies on TV and your noisy neighbor blasting a non-stop horror soundtrack in their yard, perhaps you’ve been bitten by the horror music bug and want to create some of your own spooky songs for this most horrifying of holidays… So how do you go about creating some spine-tingling sounds? We’ve rounded up some of the best ideas from around the interwebs for some ways to spookify your songs.

READ FULL ARTICLE:  Rhythm, Sight-Reading, Can You Sing, and Halloween Treats Ever wished you had better natural rhythm? Or felt intimidated by sheet music and wished you could easily sight-read? Do you know your answer to the question “Can you sing?” Or perhaps you’re just looking for some new musical treats for Halloween. Whatever the case may be, read on! We’ve got you covered. There are so many music tutorial videos on YouTube, it’s an amazing resource. But it can also be hard to find really good useful videos to use. We rounded up the 5 best demonstrations of  3-chord songs  to help show how far you can get playing by ear with just a few chords.

DOWNLOAD  Free track: Halloween Sound FX, Synthesis, and Sci-Fi Free track: Halloween Sound FX, Synthesis, and Sci-Fi by  Sabrina Peña Young  |  Oct 24, 2011  |  Halloween  | Creating a zany science fiction retro feel in your music involves more than hiring a handful of cyborgs to man your Nord Modulator. Using the right synthesizers, Halloween sound effects, and melodic material can make your music sound straight out of the next millennium and spook even the Borg. Use the new  Unravelling Music  ear training track  Halloween Horror 3000  and the samples below to set you on your next space music voyage.

10 Mini Songwriting Challenges to Sharpen your Writing Skills Songwriting is a tricky business. Inspiration can be hard to come by – and even then, fitting your thoughts and feelings into words, and squeezing those words into music can be a process akin to pulling teeth. Sometimes, though, all you need are a few simple exercises to sharpen your songwriting skills! Check them out here:  https://www.musical-u.com/learn/musical-us-10-mini-songwriting-challenges/#