Music Matters
Twelve Tone Technique - Music Composition
How does serialism work? We look at writing a piece of music using the twelve tone technique, creating a note row, exploring different ways to treat it and explore the fundamentals of the 12 note Serial technique devised and adopted by...
Music Matters
How to Build Major and Minor Chords - Music Theory
Learn how to build and recognise major and minor chords. This music theory lesson teaches you how to construct major and minor chords above any given note. Two techniques are explained, one based on intervals and the other based on...
Music Matters
Writing BAD Four-Part Harmony?! - Music Composition
Writing bad four part harmony?! Lots of people manage part of the journey with four-part harmony then get stuck or struggle to develop an outcome that is musically satisfying. This music composition lesson starts with a piece of...
Mr Henry's Music World
Music Theory for Beginners Dangling D
Hey there! Looking for fun, awesome piano lessons for kids ages 6-10? Check out this video!
Two Minute Music Theory
What Are Secondary Dominants?
Secondary Dominants can be a little confusing. Why does the label look like a fraction? What does it mean to borrow a chord from another key? We'll talk about all of that today.
Music Matters
How to Realize More Advanced Figured Bass - Music Theory
How to go about realizing more advanced figured bass, including how to read diatonic chords and seventh chords in figured bass and how to play a short passage from a figured bass. In this music theory lesson the figured bass system is...
Music Matters
What Might an Accidental Be Telling Us in a Piece of Music? - Music Theory
We often see accidentals in music but they have different significance depending on the context. Accidentals might be flagging up a key change, or they might be decorative chromatic notes, or they might be signifying a minor key, or they...
Music Matters
Baroque Style - Composing for the Piano
In this episode of composing for the piano we talk about writing in a baroque style. We take the music matters theme and arrange it into a baroque fugue style, discussing music composition techniques and tips when composing for the piano...
Two Minute Music Theory
FAQ #4 - What is Solfege?
Solfege has been around for a long time - over 700 years. And it gets mentioned a lot, in music rehearsals, on this channel, and in the Sound of Music. So, what exactly is solfege, and how can we use it?
Two Minute Music Theory
BUILD TO A CRESCENDO?! - TWO MINUTE MUSIC THEORY
This is very important. Please share to raise awareness of this important issue. You do not build to a crescendo.
Music Matters
Elaborating Harmony - Inside the Mind of Bach
A look at how Bach elaborates a chord progression in one of his chorale harmonizations. We examine the choice of harmony, chromatic chords, secondary dominants, borrowed chords. and modulation, the part writing, the use of inessential...
Two Minute Music Theory
Subdominant Chords
To round out our 2nd series on Chords, today we look at the chords with Subdominant Function - the ii and the IV chords.
Music Matters
What's the Key of this Piece? - Music Theory
When you look at a melody how do you know in which key it is composed? This music theory lesson presents a short piece and explains how to determine the key of a given melody. It also talks about modulation to a different key. How good...
Music Matters
Diminished 7th Chords - Music Theory
What makes a diminished 7th chord and how do we use it best? In this music theory lesson you will discover exactly what a diminished 7th chord is, how to construct a diminished 7th, and how to locate a diminished 7th in the context of a...
Music Matters
An Introduction to Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 8, Op. 13 (Pathetique)
An overview of Beethoven's Pathetique Piano Sonata No. 8, Op. 13. This music analysis video provides a simple examination of the work. Through this study one begins to understand the structure and musical language of a famous piece, and...
Music Matters
Reading Notes in the Alto Clef - Music Theory
How good are you at reading notes in the alto clef? You may play an instrument that never needs to use the alto clef but you might want to grasp the essentials of reading notes in the alto clef. You might play with other instrumentalists...
Odd Quartet
How Do Accidentals Work - Part 2
Accidentals in music can be very confusing. Today we will answer the questions you had from the last accidentals video about how sharps, flats, and natural signs work in music. First we will look at some simple examples. Then we will...
Music Matters
The Plagal Cadence - Music Theory
Learn all about the plagal cadence, also known as the amen cadence, which chords it uses and how it sounds. Do you want to know about the plagal cadence? What is a plagal cadence? Where would you use a plagal cadence? How can you hear a...
Music Matters
How Did Brahms Compose - Composer Insights
How did Brahms go about composing music? Let's explore part of the opening section of the Intermezzo op118 no2 by Brahms as we try to answer that very question. We explain how Brahms handles the repetition of the opening phrase, which...
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Modulation using Diminished 7ths - Music Theory
How to use a diminished 7th chord to modulate into a different key. Diminished 7ths are usually used as a means of adding harmonic colour and tension within the prevailing key. They can also be used as a means of modulation, which is...
Mr Henry's Music World
Music Theory for Kids The Whole Note
Learn about the Musical Alphabet and Lines and Spaces on the music staff in this animated video about music theory.
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Augmented 6th Chords - Music Theory
Understand augmented 6th chords, how to identify and use them in both major and minor keys. augmented 6ths fall into a category known as chromatic chords. They add colour, variety, an element of unpredictability, and tension to music. So...
Odd Quartet
Chord Voicing - Open and Close
There are two main kinds of chord voicing. Open chords and close chords. We talk about how to identify each kind of chord and how to write open and close chords. This is the first video in introducing chord voicing. Thanks for watching!
Two Minute Music Theory
Augmented 6th Chords Made EASY!
Many musicians find Augmented 6th chords to be confusing, and possibly made up by their theory professor. Today on Two Minute Music Theory, we seek to dispel the confusion with Augmented 6th Chords Made Easy!