Join the Amoeba Sisters as they explain gene and chromosome mutations, and explore the significance of these changes. This updated video has improved audio and images! Codons and the amino acids they code for is represented by standard...

This video guides viewers through the process of identifying diction in poetry.

Howcast - Learn how to play barre chord inversions from guitarist Adam Smale in this online fingerstyle guitar lesson from Howcast.

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Pupil outcome: I can use inversion and negation to ask and answer questions about my everyday activities. Key learning points: - Change statements into questions in French with raised intonation; a question word at the end gets more...

Pupil outcome: I can use inversion to ask information questions. Key learning points: - The SSC (sound-symbol correspondence) [ai] is pronounced as in 'vrai'. - The question word 'quel' (meaning which) matches the gender of the noun:...

Why do second inversion chords demand special treatment? Starting with an explanation of why root position and first inversion chords are stable in themselves we are introduced to 6/4 5/3 progressions and passing 6/4 chords, as the...

Why Asperitas Clouds - or Undulatus Asperatus - are so rare.

In this video, you will review some of the most important concepts in the Spring framework, such as dependency injection, inversion of control, and aspect-oriented programming. You will see how these concepts are used and why they are...

In this video, you will understand important terminology in Java Spring framework, such as inversion of control and dependency injection.

In this video, you will learn about the Spring container, including the Application Context and Bean Factory.

Discover how to harmonise a fast moving melody with chords. The temptation is to harmonise every note, resulting in a harmonic rhythm that moves too quickly. We explore how to determine which notes are harmony notes / chord tones and...

Learn how to write a canon by diminution. In a canon by diminution one part begins then the second part follows on several beats or bars behind using the same pitch as the first part but presented in notes of half the value. This...

Learn how to go about composing a strict canon at the unison or the octave in two parts. This lesson explains the most useful technique for constructing a strict canon bar by bar, in such a way that the melodic line has shape and...

Resolving Neapolitan flat II chords? It's all about chord progression. This music theory lesson explains why the choice of resolution chords are limited, essentially because the chord functions as a pre dominant. We consider matters of...

This music composition lesson begins with a reminder of how to form an augmented 6th chord with its three variants, the Italian French and German 6ths. The video goes on to explain which are the most common resolution chords,...

Here's an idea for writing a sequence based on using a chain of suspensions above a descending scale in the bass line. Descending scales in the bass can be awkward to harmonise satisfactorily without generating parallels. This pattern...

Discover three harmonic surprises that occur in Mariah Carey’s famous Christmas hit, “All I want for Christmas is you”. Many song composers find themselves using familiar and predictable chord patterns, and they would love to discover...

An idea for elaborating an upper melodic line over an ascending scale in the bass line. Ascending scales in the bass can be awkward to harmonise satisfactorily without generating parallels. This pattern illustrates one way of handling...

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 passage of four part...

This music composition lesson explores one idea for writing a sequence based on a pattern in the bass line. In this case, the bass alternates falling thirds with rising seconds to generate a melodic pattern at the bottom of the...

We explore one idea for harmonising a descending scale in the bass line. Many people find it easier to harmonise an ascending scale than a descending scale and most people find it easier to harmonise a scale at the top of the texture...

See why every musician should become familiar with figured bass. For harpsichordists and organists needing to realise figured bass in performance realising figured bass fluently with style is essential. For others it’s a useful way of...

This music theory lesson summarises the rule of the octave and explains how it offers insight into harmonic thinking and into Baroque harmony in particular. The rule of the octave begins with the notion of harmonising an octave of the...