One great thing about Steemit is that people are incentivized to pack their posts with great information. One area that is particularly impressive is Music Instruction. You can get a whole course worth of knowledge in one post. Just think, reading one post can further your ability and even open doors for your career.

One of my goals here is to do my part to help Steemit become the #1 place for musicians. I’ve seen a few impressive posts over the past few days and I want to help them get all the credit they deserve.

The purpose of this post is to share my Top 5 music instructional posts of the week. For each post, I will:

1. Upvote with 100% Steem Power
2. Follow and Resteem
3. Give links and a quick reason why I think you should check them out.

If this catches on, I’d like to make it a regular thing. As we all know, the feed is a bit overwhelming and the search function still needs improvement, so by no means is this a thorough analysis of all the educational posts out there. It’s just what I’m finding. If you have a favorite instructional post (and yes, you can self-promote), please post links in the reply!

And now, my top picks for the week ending July 1, 2017:

How to read music and find notes on the piano

https://steemit.com/musictheory/@morodiene/how-to-read-music-and-find-notes-on-the-piano
by @morodiene
Morodiene has come out swinging on Steemit with this content-packed lesson. Complete with video (and a nice timestamp table of contents), this post is guaranteed to provide you what you need with discovering how to understand printed sheet music, and the layout of the piano. As someone who also has been teaching piano for over 20 years, I highly recommend this post.

Audition Tips (PART 2) - PREPARE YOUR VOICE

https://steemit.com/music/@kimberlyjohnson/audition-tips-part-2-prepare-your-voice
by @kimberlyjohnson
I’ve performed for years as both a keyboardist and vocalist. I can tell you that as far as preparing for a performance or audition, VOICE PREPARATION is an incredibly important and often-overlooked key to success. This post gives you great tips, many of which are simple common sense and easy, low-hanging fruit to put into action. Give your voice its best sound and longevity!

The Holy Grail of Music Theory: The Circle of Fifths

https://steemit.com/music/@soundreasoning/the-holy-grail-of-music-theory-the-circle-of-fifths-fast-music-theory
by@@@soundreasoning
I’ve taught music theory and harmony at the college level, and I can attest that knowing The Circle of Fifths is a gift that keeps on giving. For those of you who reject the idea of learning music theory, just remember that theory provides tools you can use, not rules you must abide by. Check it out!

Beat breakdown 1: how to produce a song from start to finish

https://steemit.com/music/@atlassound/beat-breakdown-1-how-to-produce-a-song-from-start-to-finish-free-mp3-steemit-exclusive
by @atlassound
Music production is such a huge part of the game now that it helps to learn all we can about good work flow, working with DAWs (Digital Audio Workstations), and the principles of good mixing and sound design. Here’s a look at the building of a track from start to finish.

Steemit musicians are trending and building an audience online - how to get your music heard on Steemit

https://steemit.com/openmic/@luzcypher/steemit-musicians-are-trending-and-building-an-audience-online-how-to-get-your-music-heard-on-steemit
by @luzcypher
We’ve got instrumental instruction, vocal instruction, music theory, music production, and finally we have a helpful post for your music career. I think it’s only fitting that the music business pick goes to this great post that helps you get going right here on the Steemit platform. I just joined the community and will hopefully get my act together soon and become an active part of it. First, I need to step AWAY from the computer and finish writing my new song!

I hope you find this list helpful and I wish you the best of luck in growing as a musician and a member of the Steemit music community!
If you like what I’m doing here and want to get these fantastic posts in front of more viewers, please upvote, resteem, and follow me for more music. Thanks!