Music Matters
Playing Scales Better on the Piano - Music Performance
This music performance lesson explores the essentials required in the delivery of scales and arpeggios then explains the finer points that can be applied in scales and arpeggios in order to generate superb technical control and musical...
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Hallmarks of Chopin's Poetic Style - Composer Insights
Chopin’s E minor Prelude is one of his most popular and most beautiful Preludes. What makes the impact of this piece so poetic? This composer insights lesson begins by examining the melodic line in the right hand. Through much of the...
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Two Against Three Rhythms - Music Theory
Triplets are explained, sextuplets are related to them, then how to play 2’s against 3’s. The “3 for the price of 2” is defined with examples given of triplets using different rhythmic units, as well as examples of triplets using fewer...
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Beethoven's Delicate Side - Inside the Mind of Beethoven
Beethoven is often called ‘the bridge composer’ and emphasis is often placed on what he does to usher in the Romantic period. There is another more delicate, elegant side to Beethoven’s musical personality that has roots in the Classical...
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Identifying Non-Chord Tones - Music Theory
This music theory lesson works through a short passage of music identifying all the non-chord tones or inessential notes. The video explores the harmonic outline of the piece before covering an explanation of passing tones, passing notes...
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Using Alberti Bass as a Compositional Technique - Music Composition
Discover how Alberti Bass works and how useful it is in breathing energy into accompaniments. Often composers write a successful melody but the accompaniment is limited to block chords. Using Alberti Bass is one way of liberating the...
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Augmentation and Diminution Techniques - Music Composition
How to incorporate augmentation and diminution into a piece of music. This music composition lesson begins with a melodic line supported by a moving bass and goes on to demonstrate how the melodic line can be presented using augmentation...
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Mastering Keyboarding Technique
Explains the proper keyboarding technique and demonstrate how to use it for proficient typing.
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Abstract Paint Techniques
This video will demonstrate different abstract paint techniques commonly used in abstract expressionist work
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Shaking Hands with a Dingo
Season 3, Dingoes part 5 Kamil and Kayne head back to the mainland to meet dingoes in captivity. They are still wild animals, but having been raised around people, Kayne might be able to get close to these dingoes while staying safe....
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How to Feed a Baby Kookaburra
Season 3, Hairy Nosed Wombat part 4 While the hairy nosed wombats are napping, Kayne and Kamil pass the time learning how and what to feed baby kookaburras. These birds are especially young so they have to be careful not to imprint on...
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What is the Difference Between a Fruit Bat and a Flying Fox?
Season 3, Croc Eggs part 3 Kayne and Kamil seek permission for their mission from a local Alligator Ranger. The next morning, they meet a Bat Expert who teaches them a few things about fruit bats before they continue on their journey....
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How Strong is a Crocodile Jaw?
Season 3, Croc Eggs part 2 Kayne feeds an adult crocodile in captivity to get a sense of what he will be dealing with. Then, Kayne and Kamil chat with an expert to learn how to protect themselves against crocodiles in the wild....
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How to Find a Humpback Whale
Season 3, Humpback Whale part 4 A whale expert introduces Kamil and Kayne to a high-powered device that measures the distance of whales from their location. They enlist the help of a drone to get a better view of the whales. Finally,...
Australian Children's Television Foundation
Close Encounter with a Southern Hairy Nosed Wombat
Season 3, Hairy Nosed Wombat part 5 Kamil and Kayne come face-to-face with a hairy nosed wombat again. This time, Kamil is tasked with collecting a urine sample and Kayne snuggles up to rub noses with the creature. Bushwhacked! is a...
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What Does a Crocodile Egg Look Like?
Season 3, Croc Eggs part 5 After gathering two non-fertile croc eggs, Kayne and Kamil must deliver them to a scientist who studies the animals. Discover what the inside of one of these eggs looks like and what scientists will do with the...
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Tagging a Wedge Tailed Eagle
Season 3, Wedge Tailed Eagle part 5 Kayne and Simon climb a tree to retrieve a young wedge-tailed eagle from its nest in order to fit it with a GPS tracker. Simon, the expert, demonstrates careful handling techniques and explains the...
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Industrialization
Industrialization investigates the effects that industrialization has on Earth and its inhabitants by analyzing the pros and cons of industrialization.
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Creating an Armature
This video will demonstrate how to create an armature for a paper maché sculpture.
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Playing the Recorder
A video describing how to play the notes B, A and G on the recorder.
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Printing Without a Press
This video will demonstrate how to print a collagraph plate without heavy-duty printmaking equipment.