The first microscope used by Charles Darwin was up for auction at Christie's this week, and this video tells the story of its discovery and importance. This intricate and rather beautiful 'box of brass’ contains the microscope used by...

MIDI can be a powerful tool that you can use to import music into your music notation software like MuseScore. First we will make a MIDI file in a DAW, then import it into MuseScore. We will also look at importing a larger piece of music...

Today we talk about how to transpose music using the transpose tools in MuseScore. Transposing tools can be very powerful and have many different uses in music. Sometimes you have to transpose a part because the instruments play in...

Homographs defines and provides examples of homographs and identifies examples of homographs in text.

A video on how to setup a water xylophone so that you can make music out of item around your house.

Elyn Saks, Professor of Law, Psychology, and Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences at USC, describes her own instrument for informed consent and how it differs from the MacArthur instrument.

Renowned violinmaker and acoustician Joseph Curtin describes how romantic notions of Stradivari violins can prevent us from a deeper understanding.

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Psychologist Stephen Kosslyn describes the theory of cognitive modes that he and his colleagues developed, a theory of human personality based on our current understanding of the different functions of two primary areas of our brains.

Award-winning violinmaker and acoustical researcher Joseph Curtin describes many intriguing aspects of the age-old question of whether or not a Stradivarius violin is fundamentally different from other violins.

Nobel Laureate David Politzer, Caltech, describes the difficulty in giving objective descriptions of why one banjo sounds different from another, and the different musical styles of individual musicians.

Award-winning violinmaker and acoustician Joseph Curtin describes the importance of using double-blind tests to remove subjective biases.

Award-winning violinmaker and acoustician Joseph Curtin relates the results of the fascinating double-blind tests to determine if expert musicians could tell new violins from old, and muses on how it's really hard to remove subjective...

Elyn Saks, Professor of Law, Psychology, and Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences at USC, describes her own instrument for informed consent and how it differs from the MacArthur instrument.

The standard orchestra did not become established until the Classical period but the Baroque orchestra was well under development and this video explores how the orchestra got underway during the Baroque period in Italy, France and...

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In this fun and educational video, we challenge kids to guess the name of different musical instruments just by listening to their sound! From the piano to the trumpet, the guitar to the drums, this quiz will test...

A video describing how to play the notes B, A and G on the recorder.

Review of the Mechanical Waves topics covered in the AP Physics 1 curriculum.

The pH scale is used to determine whether a substance is acidic or basic, and to calculate how strong a chemical it is. A pH value is a number that ranges from 1 to 14 for most common chemicals, with seven being the middle or neutral...

This video program explores the role of the body's circulatory and respiratory systems, emphasizing things we can do to maintain these important systems. Regular exercise, healthy eating habits, and not smoking are just a few of the...

Students learning music often think of music theory as a waste of time, they think it’s boring, and something they’ll never actually need. We explain why you should learn music theory in order to become a better musician. Plenty of...

It's hard to separate the study of Greek music into different categories since they were all so interconnected...but we're going to try! Today's Episode features research and commentary from Dr. Emily Williams Burch, who joins me to talk...

This video provides a brief overview of the importance of heart health and the tools used by physicians to monitor it. The video mentions the significance of maintaining a healthy diet, regular exercise, and medical checkups, as well as...

The element that causes some people to sing well and others to sing badly are problems with pitch accuracy, also known as intonation. Pitch can be understood as the ‘sharpness’ of a voice; the higher the pitch, the sharper and...