Curated Video
Is It Better To Write on Paper or Computer?
The Pros and Cons of using Paper, Piano, and the Computer to write music
Curated Video
Is It Better To Write on Paper or Computer?
The Pros and Cons of using Paper, Piano, and the Computer to write music
Curated Video
ChatGPT Mastery - Crafting Effective Prompts for Optimal Results - Introduction
In this video, we will be introduced to rapid skill acquisition. You will learn why acquiring new skills quickly is valuable in today's fast-paced world and how it can benefit personal and professional growth. This clip is from the...
Odd Quartet
How to Import MIDI to MuseScore
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...
Odd Quartet
Transposing Vocals - MuseScore tutorial
There are many different types of vocal ranges in music and sometimes music is not written in a key that fits into a vocal range very well. One thing we can do to help the vocalist is transpose the music. In this tutorial I will show you...
Odd Quartet
How To Make Non-Chord Notes Sound Good
Today we are going to write a harmony using mostly seventh chords and we will look at a strategy to deal with non-chord notes when we are writing music. This combines a couple of our past lessons so be sure you watched those videos...
Odd Quartet
How To Build Seventh Chords
Today I want to talk about seventh chords. Seventh chords are a type of four note chord used in western music. The two types we will talk about today are the Major Seventh and the Dominant Seventh. We will go over how to build them note...
Odd Quartet
How to Add Different Voices - MuseScore tutorial
Sometimes you need to have two different music parts to be playing at the same time in the same staff. Or, you might want to save space by having two voices share a staff. One of the best ways to achieve this is to use the voices feature...
Odd Quartet
How Accidentals Work on Different Staves
Hi everyone, today I want to talk a little about accidentals. So far we have only talked about how accidentals act when they are on one staff. But what happens when you have more than one staff of music? Maybe it’s a piece of piano music...
Odd Quartet
Building Seventh Chords - Part 2
In this lesson we will go over three more complex versions of the seventh chord - minor, augmented, and diminished. We will go over the different scale degrees used in the chords and how to build them. We will look at examples of each...
Odd Quartet
How To Transpose Music - MuseScore Tutorial
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...
Music Matters
Can You Beam Correctly in 6/8 Compound Time? - Music Theory
Can you figure out what the correct beaming of notes should be within this short piece of music written in 6/8 compound time? It’s one thing to be able to compose rhythms but how secure do you feel about beaming or joining notes together...
Music Matters
Spot the Music Notation Mistakes - Music Theory
We explore an extract of music that contains some mistakes with its notation, can you spot them all? This music theory lesson explores some of the most common errors when it comes to notating notes, rhythms, time signatures and other...
Mr Henry's Music World
How to Play Music by Listening Beginners Guide
Hey there! Looking for fun, awesome piano lessons for kids ages 6-10? Check out this video!
Odd Quartet
Looking at Complex Polyrhythms
Polyrhythms are based on the concept that any note can be broken down into any number of smaller notes - musicians call this subdividing or subdivisions. The idea is that you can take any note and divide it equally into 2 parts, 3 parts,...
Music Matters
Reading Notes in the Alto Clef - Music Theory
How good are you at reading notes in the alto clef? You may play an instrument that never needs to use the alto clef but you might want to grasp the essentials of reading notes in the alto clef. You might play with other instrumentalists...
Odd Quartet
How To Read Music Scores
Music scores are used by composers, conductors, and music students. Being able to read a music score can come in handy if you're studying a piece of music and it's easy IF you know how the music score is organized. In this video we will...
Odd Quartet
Music Theory - How To Write Music
Being able to read music is one thing, but being able to write music is a completely different matter discussed in this video.
Odd Quartet
How Music Was Made Before Computers- Music Engraving
Before music notation software allowed us to create high resolution sheet music, the only way to get a good print of sheet music was with music engraving.
Odd Quartet
Music Theory - The History Of Music Clefs
A brief history of the music clefs we use today. From the medieval period up through the modern era the music clefs we use in sheet music have gone though many different changes.
Odd Quartet
The Origins Of Music - The Story Of Guido - Music History
Today, we continue our look at the origins of music with the story of Guido d'Arezzo - one of the greatest music educators of his time.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Singing (And Noises): Folding Space Time
A video showing the relation between music notes and math.