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Composing Using the Whole Tone Scale - Music Composition
Showing you how to begin a composition using the whole tone scale. The two transpositions of the whole tone scale are explained and consideration is given to how the scale can be used as the basis for melodic and harmonic construction....
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How Edvard Grieg Builds Character - Composer Insights
How Grieg builds musical character in “Wedding Day at Troldhaugen”, number 6 of his op.65 Lyric Pieces written in celebration of his own 25th wedding anniversary. The celebratory character is explored through the tonality, the...
Music Matters
Can You Work Out the Time Signature of these Rhythms? - Music Theory
Can you work out the time signature of these rhythms? This music theory lesson presents a quiz to help you sharpen your skills. A number of different rhythms are presented and by looking at the numerical value of each bar and at the...
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The Difference Between 2/4 and 4/4 Time Signatures - Music Theory
What is the difference between 2/4 and 4/4 time signatures? On the face of it, there may appear to be little difference between music in 2/4 time or music in 4/4 time. Often it is possible to count 2 or 4 beats to the same piece of...
Rachel's English
Syllable Stress Study: 2-Syllable Words da-DA - American English
Practice word stress in 2-Syllable words with second syllable stress through repetition. In correct spoken English, syllables must be different lengths: short and long. Practice creating different syllable lengths in this video.
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Piano for Beginners Lesson 12 - Five Notes in the Bass Clef & Final Performance
In this video you will learn a new note, F, in the bass clef and will discover how to use all five fingers evenly in the left hand. There is a new piece to learn, which gives you the opportunity to read the notes C, B, A, G and F in the...
Two Minute Music Theory
Coda: Egyptian Music Theory
A study of the instruments used in Ancient Egypt
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Piano for Beginners Lesson 5 - The Notes C, D & E in Treble Clef
In this video you will learn a new note, E, and there will be reminders about the notes and rhythms discovered earlier in the course, as well as advice on fingering. The video includes new pieces to learn and new duets to play in both...
Music Matters
Piano for Beginners Lesson 9 - The Note F, Simple Improvisation & Reading Patterns
In this video we return to the treble clef and add a new note, F. There is revision of the treble clef notes covered so far - C, D, E, and now F - alongside further work on reading and counting rhythm, and playing with both a steady...
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Reading Changing Time Signatures - Music Performance
Discover how to read and play a piece of music that contains changing time signatures. Have you ever struggled to read a piece that switches between time signatures such as 2/4 4/4 3/8 5/8? This music performance lesson takes such a...
Next Animation Studio
Danish footballer Christian Eriksen to be fitted with heart-starting device
After collapsing from cardiac arrest and being resuscitated during his country’s opening European Championship game, Danish soccer player Christian Eriksen is to be fitted with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator, or ICD, according...
Music Matters
Piano for Beginners Lesson 10 - The Note G and More Work in Three Time
In this video we return to the bass clef and discover a new note, G. There is a new piece to learn and having explored the pitch, the rhythm and the fingering there is another duet to play together. This lesson explores more work in...
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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...
Odd Quartet
New World Symphony - Antonin Dvorak
Today we are looking at Symphony No. 9 by Antonín Dvořák. Dvorak was a composer of the Romantic era and made a name for himself as a musician and composer from an early age. In 1892 he was invited to become the director of the National...
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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Science Happens! With Carl Zimmer
We each spend about one-third of our lives sleeping. But what goes on in our brains when we're asleep? In search of answers, Amita Sehgal studies the sleeping habits of fruit flies.
Two Minute Music Theory
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.
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...
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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...
Mr Henry's Music World
Megalovania Piano Lesson for Kids! [Easy]
Hey there! Looking for fun, awesome piano lessons for kids ages 6-10? Check out this video!
Mr Henry's Music World
Online Music Lessons for Beginners Triplets
Hey Parents! Looking for fun, awesome piano lessons for kids ages 6-10?
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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...