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GCSE Secondary Maths Age 13-17 - Geometry & Measures: Circle Geometry - Explained
SchoolOnline's Secondary Maths videos are brilliant, bite-size tutorial videos delivered by examiners. Ideal for ages 13-17, they cover every key topic and sub topic covered in GCSE Maths in clear and easy to follow steps. This video...
Music Matters
The Picardy Third (Tierce de Picardie) - Music Composition
Learn all about the Picardy Third and Picardy Cadence, otherwise known as the Tierce de Picarde. The Tierce da Picardie is a musical device often used by composers to provide an optimistic finish to a piece in a minor key. The Tierce da...
Music Matters
Is this the Greatest English Work of the 17th Century? - Composer Insights
The famous Dido’s Lament from ‘Dido and Aeneas’ by Henry Purcell. Features of Purcell’s style are unpacked and the word painting & emotional life of the music are explored. A Ground Bass is repeated 11 times, while the melodic line and...
Music Matters
The Difference Between 2:2 and 4:4 Time Signatures - Music Theory
What is the difference between 3/4 and 6/8 time signatures? Mathematically it appears that 3/4 and 6/8 are two versions of the same thing. On the face of it, there may appear to be little difference between music in 3/4 time or music in...
Mr Henry's Music World
How to Play Piano Chords for Lost Boy (Ruth B)
Hey there! Looking for fun, awesome piano lessons for kids ages 6-10? Check out this video!
KnowMo
Introduction to the First Four Circle Theorems
The video is a lecture presentation on the first four simple circle theorems. The speaker explains how to recognize and apply the angle properties created by chords connecting with the center and tangents running outside of the circle....
Odd Quartet
How to Get From Chord To Chord - Voice Leading Music Theory
Today we're going to look at voice leading. Voice leading is a way to get from chord to chord in music that makes it sound connected (and can make it easier for musicians to play). First, we will take a chord progression, add a bass line...
Music Matters
The Genius of Schubert’s Melodic Writing - Composer Insights
A look at the beauty of Schubert’s melodic writing and how it interacts with his use of harmony and texture. This composer insights lesson takes the opening of Schubert’s Andante from his Piano Sonata in A and explores the melodic design...
Music Matters
How Good is Your Harmony? - Music Theory
How good is your harmony? Are there mistakes that commonly catch you out when writing harmony. This music theory lesson presents a passage of four-part harmony, test your harmony knowledge and try to answer these questions about chords,...
Music Matters
Adding Chords to a Melody on the Piano - Music Composition
How to find and choose chords to fit a melody. Have you ever written a melody but didn’t really know how to find chords to fit it? If you have a melody and you’re searching for chords to harmonise with it this music composition lesson...
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Harmony Enriched with Suspensions - Inside the Mind of Bach
Learn from the master of harmony and find out how Bach uses suspensions to enrich the chords within this chorale. We examine the choice of harmony and modulation, the part writing, the use of inessential notes and suspensions, plus other...
Music Matters
Beauty in Simplicity - Inside the Mind of Bach
Sometimes keeping things simple works. This Bach chorale is a great example of how Bach keeps things simple and still manages to demonstrate his artistic genius. We examine the choice of harmony and modulation, the part writing, the use...
Two Minute Music Theory
Post-Tonal Theory: Pitch Class
Today we begin looking at Post-Tonal Music Theory (or, fourth semester theory). Atonal music can be super confusing at first. Don't worry, we're starting off slow: we're just looking at Octave Equivalency and Pitch Class today.
Music Matters
Interpreting a Lead Sheet with Style - Music Performance
Music Matters demonstrates Interpreting a Lead Sheet with Style
Two Minute Music Theory
Using the Circle of Fifths
A look at all that can be done using the Circle of 5ths
Brian McLogan
What is the measure of the arc if two chords are congruent
Learn how to solve problems with arcs of a circle. An arc is a curve made by two points on the circumference of a circle. The measure of an arc corresponds to the central angle made by the two radii from the center of the circle to the...
Music Matters
What is Pandiatonicism in Music? - Music Theory
What does pandiatonicism mean in music? How did pandiatonicism come about and which composers used it? This music theory lesson explains pandiatonicism, ‘pan’ meaning ‘all’ and ‘diatonic’ meaning inside a key. Examples are explored which...
Mr Henry's Music World
Major and Minor Chords Beginners Guide
Hey there! Looking for fun, awesome piano lessons for kids ages 6-10? Check out this video!
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GCSE Secondary Maths Age 13-17 - Geometry & Measures: Circle Theorems - Explained
SchoolOnline's Secondary Maths videos are brilliant, bite-size tutorial videos delivered by examiners. Ideal for ages 13-17, they cover every key topic and sub topic covered in GCSE Maths in clear and easy to follow steps. This video...
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Circle Terminology - Radius Diameter Sector Segment Chord Arc Tangent
DESCRIPTION: There are some key words we need to know for circles: radius, circumference, diameter, sector, segment, tangent, chord and arc. In this video we discover what they all mean. The radius is the distance from the centre of a...
Music Matters
Reading Chords On a Lead Sheet - Music Performance
How to read chords on a lead sheet on the piano. Many pieces of music are presented in lead sheet format i.e. where a melodic line is printed with chord symbols above. What do these symbols mean and how does one play from a lead sheet?...
Mr Henry's Music World
Four Chords You MUST Know Piano Chords Found in Pop Tunes
Hey there! Looking for fun, awesome piano lessons for kids ages 6-10? Check out this video!
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Charles Fox's Killing Me Softly, Why Was it a Hit? - Composer Insights
A journey through the hit song “Killing me softly” in order to work out what makes it such a success. We look at the design of the melody and how one phrase relates to another. We also examine the rhythmic structure and the colourful...