Odd Quartet
Listener's Guide To Carnival Of The Animals By Camille Saint-Säens - Movement 3 - Wild Donkeys and Swift Animals
Written in 1886, the Carnival of the Animals is a humorous piece by french composer Camille Saint-saens. The piece is made up of 14 different movements which represent different animals, however this video focuses specifically on the 3rd...
Odd Quartet
Listener's Guide To Carnival Of The Animals By Camille Saint-Säens - Movement 2 - Hens and Roosters
Written in 1886, the Carnival of the Animals is a humorous piece by french composer Camille Saint-saens. The piece is made up of 14 different movements which represent different animals, however this video focuses specifically on the 2nd...
Music Matters
The Picardy Third (Tierce de Picardie) - Music Composition
Learn all about the Picardy Third and Picardy Cadence, otherwise known as the Tierce de Picarde. The Tierce da Picardie is a musical device often used by composers to provide an optimistic finish to a piece in a minor key. The Tierce da...
Music Matters
Piano Accompaniment Styles - Music Performance
Always wanted to compose or improvise a professional accompaniment to a melody on the piano? In this music performance lesson we consider not only how to fit chords to a melody but also how to come up with a really effective...
TMW Media
Cochlear Implants: The process behind cochlear implant surgery
Is it a difficult surgery? How many children in America can hear because of the implant? Cochlear Implants, Part 2
Music Matters
The Difference Between 2:2 and 4:4 Time Signatures - Music Theory
What is the difference between 3/4 and 6/8 time signatures? Mathematically it appears that 3/4 and 6/8 are two versions of the same thing. On the face of it, there may appear to be little difference between music in 3/4 time or music in...
Mr Henry's Music World
Learn Beethoven for Beginners The Beethoven Rap!
Hey there! Looking for fun, awesome piano lessons for kids ages 6-10? Check out this video!
Mr Henry's Music World
Piano Lessons for Kids Sustain Pedal
Hey there! Looking for fun, awesome piano lessons for kids ages 6-10? Check out this video!
Music Matters
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...
NASA
Gravity Assist: Listening to the Universe, with Kim Arcand
NASA spacecraft deliver stunning visual imagery of the cosmos, but we can also experience that data by turning it into sound.
Music Matters
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...
Music Matters
Identifying Consecutive Fifths and Octaves - Music Composition
Music Matters demonstrates "Identifying Consecutive Fifths and Octaves"
Music Matters
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...
Music Matters
Piano for Beginners Lesson 8 - The Notes A, B & C in Bass Clef
In this video you will continue to develop knowledge of the bass clef, including the introduction of a new note, A. Fingering and fingering control are developed, and you will get more confident with counting rhythms and playing with a...
Music Matters
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...
Curated Video
The Mystery of the Shepard Tone Illusion Explained
In this video, we explore the Shepard Tone illusion, a fascinating auditory phenomenon. Through ear tests and demonstrations, we learn how sets of notes played simultaneously create the illusion of an endlessly rising or descending pitch.
Mr Henry's Music World
Understand Notes F, G and A and B on the Piano
Learn notes F, G, A and B on the piano through this animated, kid friendly video.
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.
Music Matters
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...
Music Matters
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...
Music Matters
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,...
Music Matters
Piano for Beginners Lesson 11 - Five Notes in the Treble Clef, Ties & Dynamics
In this video you will learn a new note in the treble clef, G, and learn to use all five fingers in the right hand. There is a new piece to learn using C, D, E, F and G with all fingers on the move and a variety of rhythms. By the end of...
Music Matters
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...
Music Matters
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...