Music Matters
How to Realize Simple Figured Bass - Music Theory
How to realize and read diatonic chords in figured bass and how to play a short passage from a figured bass. This music theory lesson explains the figured bass system in relation to all the diatonic chords in root position, first...
Music Matters
Why Should You Practice Scales & Arpeggios?
Learning and practising scales and arpeggios can seem like a waste of time to many students. In this video, we explore the why spending time practising scales and arpeggios can really help improve your playing technique. “Oh no, not...
Two Minute Music Theory
Orchestrating my FIRST piece! (Score Study Composition exercise)
Orchestration can seem daunting. There can be too many possibilities, and there are a lot of instruments to keep up with. Today we're doing a writing exercise based on Ligeti's Ricercata III, which we looked at in a previous video - I'm...
Mr Henry's Music World
Imperial March Piano Lesson Explained and Easy!
Go beyond the imperial march piano lesson and sign-up for a FREE Mini-Piano Course for kids ages 6-10!
Music Matters
Escape Notes (Non-Harmonic Tones) - Music Theory
This music theory lesson explains escape notes, what they are and how to use them. When it comes to inessential notes many musicians understand passing notes, understand auxiliary notes, and are happy about anticipatory notes. But what...
Amphio
Guru
Pianist Stephen Hough talks about Liszt's unique approach to piano lessons and how it inspired his students.
Easy Languages
What Does a Stay at Italian Agriturismo Farm Look Like?
Easy Languages is an international video project aiming at supporting people worldwide to learn languages through authentic street interviews and expose the street culture of participating partner countries abroad. Episodes are produced...
Music Matters
How to use Augmented 6th Chord in Major Keys - Music Composition
Learn how do to construct and use augmented 6th chords in major keys. This music composition lesson explains the best ways to write approach chords to Augmented 6th chords and the best ways to resolve them. After explaining how to form...
Odd Quartet
Listener's Guide To Carnival Of The Animals By Camille Saint-Säens - Introduction
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 including lions, chickens, donkeys, tortoises,...
Schooling Online Kids
A Life Skills Series: Going Into The World - Overcoming Challenges - Bella's Big Performance
Life Skills: coping with emotions and stress Tonight, Bella is feeling nervous. Her parents have invited some guests over for dinner, and they all want to hear Bella play the piano. But she has so many butterflies in her tummy! Will you...
Amphio
Radiant
Pianist Stephen Hough plays and discusses the 5th theme of Liszt's Sonata and it's melodic, radiant characteristics.
Music Matters
10,000 Hours to Master the Piano? - Music Performance
Does it really take 10,000 hours to master the piano? This music performance lesson explores the theory that 10,000 hours is what is needed to produce a great pianist. The idea comes from Malcolm Gladwell, that it takes about 10000 hours...
Music Matters
Can You Name the Key of this Piece of Music? - Music Theory
Can you name the key this piece of music is in? This music theory lesson explains how to look at a short extract of music and figure out the key without hearing it. This types of exercises are often met in theory exams, where you are...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Ernest Morrell - Teachers Make a Difference - Mrs. Franklin
ERNEST MORRELL is the Macy Professor of Education and Director of the Institute for Urban and Minority Education (IUME) at Teachers College, Columbia University. He is also a Class of 2014 Fellow of the American Educational Research...
Amphio
Climactic
Pianist Stephen Hough performs and discusses the climactic moment of Liszt's Sonata.
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...
Music Matters
An Introduction to Bach's Prelude & Fugue in F# Minor (BWV859)
An introduction to the 48 Preludes & Fugues and Bach's Prelude & Fugue in F# Minor (BWV859). This music analysis video provides a simple examination of the work. Through this study one begins to understand the structure and musical...
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...
Curated Video
Present Perfect Continuous - Basic English Grammar Lesson
Let's look at the present perfect continuous tense. I have been trying to teach this basic English grammar lesson for weeks. Show me that you have understood how to use the present perfect continuous tense by placing an example sentence...