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Piano Lessons for Kids Piano Posture
Hey there! Looking for fun, awesome piano lessons for kids ages 6-10? Check out this video!
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How Did Liszt Compose: - Composer Insights
How did Franz Liszt compose and what are some of the hallmarks of his compositional style? We try to get inside the head of Liszt and unpack the first page of his monumental Sonata in B minor for piano, of 1854. We explore the shielding...
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Solfege and Tonic Sol Fa for Beginners - Music Performance
Solfege and Tonic Sol Fa. What is it, and how is it used? Many musicians use sol fa. Others have heard about it but are not sure how it works. In this music performance lesson, we explain the sol fa system and how it can transfer from...
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Antecedent and Consequent Phrases - Music Composition
How to write and compose music with antecedent and consequent phrases, particularly useful when composing melodies. This music composition lesson explains how musical phrases often come in pairs as questioning and answering phrases or as...
Curated Video
The Mechanics of a Piano
The piano is unique among instruments in that it's both a stringed instrument and a percussion instrument. Learn about the parts of a piano and how the strings and hammers work together to create a piano's rich sound.
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What is Texture? - Music Theory
Musical texture explained. Texture is the word we use to describe how sound is organised. Texture might be described as high or low, depending on the pitch; as thick or thin, depending on how many notes are sounding at any one time; as...
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What to do with a Melody? - Music Composition
Wondering what to do with a melody you've written? How could you go about turning it into a piece? In this music composition lesson we start with a melody in a minor key, then work out how best to harmonise it, considering various...
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Alto Clef and Tenor Clef Explained - Music Theory
Learn all about the alto and tenor clef, how to draw them and how to read the notes. Instruments such as the viola read music in the alto clef. Other instruments, such as the trombone, also use the alto clef some of the time. The tenor...
Curated Video
Challenging the Elements: A Journey to Break Records
In this video, a performer expresses their excitement and determination to take on a challenging task despite the cold and wind. As they struggle through the experience, they acknowledge the physical discomfort but also highlight the...
Guinness World Records
Tony D'amico's World Record Attempt: Most Piano Key Hits in a Minute
In this video, Domingo's Antonio Gomez, also known as Tony D'amico, sets out to break the world record for the most piano key hits in a minute. He showcases his skills on the B7 key and demonstrates his determination to achieve this...
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Which Key is this Piece of Music in? - Music Theory
Just by looking at a melody can you work out which key it is in? How can you tell just by looking at the notes which key a melody is in, especially when there is no key signature? Even if you can work it out how do you know if it’s in a...
Schooling Online Kids
A Fun Phonics Series: Pat's Perfect Painting
Pat is the most perfect penguin in the North Pole. He practices the piano, does his homework, and plays water polo perfectly. But being perfect is hard, and Pat is secretly unhappy. Pat enters his painting in the school art competition,...
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Domenico Scarlatti's Sonatas - Composer Insights
Domenico Scarlatti wrote over 550 single-movement sonatas for the harpsichord, making characteristic but innovative use of the instrument. This composer insights lesson explores sonata K208 in A major. Having clarified the Binary...
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The Whole Tone Scale - Music Theory
How to build a whole tone scale and exploring some of its uses. Most musicians are familiar with major and minor scales but what about other scales? The whole tone scale was much used by Debussy and other composers, and it generates a...
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Modulation by Semitone Shift - Music Theory
Learn how to modulate by semitone shift, sometimes known as the truck driver's gear change modulation, this technique is often used in pop music and musicals where the piece shifts up by a semitone towards the end of the song. By...
Odd Quartet
Listener's Guide To Carnival Of The Animals By Camille Saint-Säens - Movement 12 - Fossils
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...
Amphio
Architecture
Pianist Stephen Hough talks about the great musical architecture of Liszt's Sonata.
After Skool
Life is NOT a Journey - Alan Watts
Alan Wilson Watts (6 January 1915 - 16 November 1973) was a British philosopher, writer, and speaker, best known as an interpreter and populariser of Eastern philosophy for a Western audience. His philosophies seem to transcend ego,...
Curated Video
I WONDER - How Do Instruments Make Sounds?
This video is answering the question of how do instruments make sounds.
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Musical Note Names in the USA and UK - Music Theory
There are two conventions used across the world for naming the rhythmic values of notes. This music theory lesson explains the two systems used either side of the pond. In both systems there is an element of logic that helps to grasp how...