Curated Video
I WONDER - What Does Syncopation Mean In Music?
This video is answering the question of what does syncopation mean in music.
Music Matters
Calypso Style - Composing for the Piano
In this episode of composing for the piano, we explore how to present the Music Matters theme in Calypso style. If nothing else it will bring cheer to your day! The distinctive Calypso rhythm is explained and Gareth talks through how he...
Music Matters
How Did George Shearing Compose - Composer Insights
Journey through the opening of George Shearing’s “Lullaby of Birdland”. What makes his compositional approach so successful? We look at the design of the melody and how one phrase relates to another. We also examine the rhythmic...
Music Matters
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...
Music Matters
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...
Mr Henry's Music World
Thanksgiving Rap for Kids Body Percussion Jam Along!
Get Thanksgiving rockin' in your classroom or home with the Thanksgiving Rap for Kids!
Music Matters
How to Write Syncopated Rhythms - Music Composition
How to write syncopated rhythms. Syncopated rhythms add a great deal of interest and character to a piece of music but when should we write them and how do we write them. This music composition lesson shows two very different musical...
TED-Ed
The Ballet that Incited a Riot
Imagine a ballet starting a riot! Igor Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring" did just that. Find out why the audience was so outraged by the score, choreography, costuming, and sets in this tradition-breaking ballet.
Joy 2 Learn
Nuts and Bolts of Jazz
A collection of videos directs viewers through a series of seven videos detailing all things jazz. Video topics include how to play, its forms, rhythm, syncopation, swing, improvisation, and explores the rhythm, horn, and wind sections....
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Albright on Syncopation & the Diplomatic Toolbox
Fmr. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright discusses the tools in the diplomatic toolbox need to be syncopated. [9:14]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Albright on Strategic & Humanitarian Interests, the Balkans Ii
How the United States and the UN Security Council came to a resolution: Milosevic and Kosovo, NATO and Russian Opposition. Fmr. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright in conversation with Walter Isaacson of the Aspen Institute.