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Can You Hear Two Parts and Write Them Down? - Ear Training
Have you ever had the frustrating experience of hearing a musical idea you want to work with as a player or as a composer but have struggled with being able to write it down? This lesson is an exercise in hearing a two part passage and...
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Understanding the Music Staff
This video describes how to identify both pitch and note duration.
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Reading Bass Clef Ledger Lines - Music Theory
How well do you know your bass clef ledger lines above and below the stave? You may be fairly new to reading music or you may have been a musician for years but many musicians get caught out when it comes to reading notes on ledger...
Two Minute Music Theory
How Do Clefs Work?
What is a clef and how does it work? Why do we need multiple clefs?
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Note Reading Puzzles - Music Theory
Can you spell out the words hidden in these music note puzzles? How would you like to improve your note reading skills? This music theory lesson presents a small groups of notes that spell out words. Get better at reading notes on the...
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Piano for Beginners Lesson 7 - The Note B & Musical Phrases
In this video you will learn a new note in the bass clef, B, and get fluent about playing C and B in the left hand. You will also learn about phrases and how they work like musical sentences. The video includes reminders from earlier in...
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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...
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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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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 6 - Getting Started with the Bass Clef
In this video you will learn about the bass clef. So far in the course the focus has been on playing right hand notes in the treble clef; now the focus moves to the left hand reading in the bass clef. The focus is on Middle C and you...
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Are you able to identify these intervals? - Music Theory
Are you able to identify these intervals? Do you know your major intervals from your minor intervals or your augmented intervals from your diminished intervals? Are you able to identify intervals accurately in different clefs? Here’s...
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Orchestration & Writing for Strings - The Cello
A detailed look at the cello and how best to write for it. The Cello is one of the most expressive and versatile instruments in the orchestra and this orchestration video illustrates the various dimensions of Cello capability across a...
Two Minute Music Theory
Making the Alto Clef Make Sense
The Alto Clef can be very foreign to musicians. Some might even call it scary. So, today let's try to unpack the Alto Clef and maybe Demystify it just a little.
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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...
Mr Henry's Music World
Music Theory for Kids Music Alphabet and Lines and Spaces
Learn about the Musical Alphabet and Lines and Spaces on the music staff in this animated video about music theory.
Mr Henry's Music World
Piano Lessons for Beginners Middle C
Hey there! Looking for fun, awesome piano lessons for kids ages 6-10? Check out this video!
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Choral Music Notation - Music Theory
How are the voice parts written in a score of a piece for Choir and accompaniment? Using an example by Rossini this music theory lesson shows you why it’s necessary to write the vocal parts in open score and how it deals with word...
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Reading and Identifying Notes in the Treble Clef - How to Read Music
How to read and identify the pitch of the notes in the treble clef. Some people rely on reading the patterns of notes ascending or descending and on reading notes that are next to each other or leaping.This video explains how to read the...
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Music Theory - How To Read Music
Music can get complicated, so how do musicians know which notes to play? This video looks at clefs and how they help musicians read sheet music.