Two Minute Music Theory
Q+A #4: Interval Inversions
I've gotten a lot of questions about Interval Inversions over on Twitter, so I give a run down of inversions on today's Q+A.
Two Minute Music Theory
How To Read Time Signatures - TWO MINUTE MUSIC THEORY #8
Season 1, Episode 8 How do you know what the two numbers at the beginning of a piece of music mean? Are they a fraction? Will any two numbers work? Find out today How To Read Time Signatures on Two Minute Music Theory.
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Time Signatures Quiz - Music Theory
Can you answer these questions about time signatures? This music theory lesson offers a quiz in which you get to decide what the time signature should be in a number of different bars. Sometimes there is more than one solution but how do...
Two Minute Music Theory
Write Better Chords With The Harmonic Series - Q&A #2
Since I released the Intro to the Harmonic Series video, I've gotten a lot of questions asking what you can do with it. So, I thought we might look at a practical application of it, Writing and Voicing Chords.
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Singing Tips for Music Exams and Aural Tests - Music Performance
Singing tips for music exams and aural tests. Lots of musicians find themselves being asked to sing, even when they don’t consider themselves singers. For example you may be asked to sing in the Aural Tests for a music exam and you may...
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Overlapping Suspensions - Inside the Mind of Bach
How Bach makes use of multiple suspensions, often overlapping each other, in one of his chorale workings. We also take a look at the choice of harmony, the part writing, dealing with harmonic and melodic minor, plus other features of the...
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Identifying Consecutive Fifths and Octaves - Music Composition
Music Matters demonstrates "Identifying Consecutive Fifths and Octaves"
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How To Classify Time Signatures - TWO MINUTE MUSIC THEORY #9
Season 1, Episode 9 What are simple, compound and complex meter and how do they work? Can 17/24 exist? Learn how to classify time signatures.
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How to Sight Read Advanced Piano Pieces
In this advanced sight reading video we explore a two part invention from the perspective of how to sight read a more advanced piano piece, the level of sight reading is that required by many music exam boards for diploma exams. You...
Odd Quartet
Music Theory - Reading Time Signatures
This video takes a look at reading time signatures in today's video. It also looks at some of the more common time signatures and go over some examples.
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The Genius of Schubert’s Melodic Writing - Composer Insights
A look at the beauty of Schubert’s melodic writing and how it interacts with his use of harmony and texture. This composer insights lesson takes the opening of Schubert’s Andante from his Piano Sonata in A and explores the melodic design...
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The Difference Between 3:4 and 3:8 Time Signatures - Music Theory
Understand the difference between 2/2 and 4/4 time signatures. Mathematically it appears that 2/2 and 4/4 are two versions of the same thing. Musically they are quite distinct because 2/2 contains two minim beats per bar, while 4/4...
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How Good is Your Harmony? - Music Theory
How good is your harmony? Are there mistakes that commonly catch you out when writing harmony. This music theory lesson presents a passage of four-part harmony, test your harmony knowledge and try to answer these questions about chords,...
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Name the Time Signatures - Music Theory
When you look at a rhythm how good are you at identifying the time signature that most appropriately fits it? How do you know if a rhythm should be in 6/8 or in 3/4, especially when the notes in any given bar add up to the same...
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Adding Chords to a Melody on the Piano - Music Composition
How to find and choose chords to fit a melody. Have you ever written a melody but didn’t really know how to find chords to fit it? If you have a melody and you’re searching for chords to harmonise with it this music composition lesson...
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Harmony Enriched with Suspensions - Inside the Mind of Bach
Learn from the master of harmony and find out how Bach uses suspensions to enrich the chords within this chorale. We examine the choice of harmony and modulation, the part writing, the use of inessential notes and suspensions, plus other...
Two Minute Music Theory
Post-Tonal Theory: Base 12 Counting
Part 2 of our Intro to Post-Tonal Music Theory (or, fourth semester theory). Today we look at base 12 counting, which is something we are already familiar with because of how we count time.
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What is a Lombard Rhythm? (The Scotch Snap) - Music Theory
The Lombard rhythm or Scotch snap is a syncopated musical rhythm in which a short, accented note is followed by a longer one. Find out all about this syncopated musical rhythm, including how it's written and how it sounds in this music...
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Halloween Spooky Style - Composing for the Piano
Halloween special of composing for the piano. In this episode, we look at how to present the Music Matters theme in a spooky style just for Halloween. This suitably spooky arrangement demonstrates how to use tritones and corruptions of...
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Beauty in Simplicity - Inside the Mind of Bach
Sometimes keeping things simple works. This Bach chorale is a great example of how Bach keeps things simple and still manages to demonstrate his artistic genius. We examine the choice of harmony and modulation, the part writing, the use...
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Name the Composer Quiz! #19 Do you know your classical composers
How well do you know your classical composers? Find out with our name the composer quiz! We present ten facts about a random composer, see if you can guess the correct answer by the end of the video.
Two Minute Music Theory
Post-Tonal Theory: Pitch Class
Today we begin looking at Post-Tonal Music Theory (or, fourth semester theory). Atonal music can be super confusing at first. Don't worry, we're starting off slow: we're just looking at Octave Equivalency and Pitch Class today.
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Music Theory for Beginners The Tie
Hey there! Looking for fun, awesome piano lessons for kids ages 6-10? Check out this video!
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Interpreting a Lead Sheet with Style - Music Performance
Music Matters demonstrates Interpreting a Lead Sheet with Style