Howcast - Learn how to transpose music for a saxophone in this Howcast video.

Howcast -Learn about the tenor ukulele from music teacher Jarret Delos Santos in this Howcast video.

Harmony text books often advise us to avoid using this particular chord progression. Why is that? This music composition lesson explains how this chord progression can create difficulties in the part writing with consecutive / parallel...

Golden ages have often been followed by long periods of decline, as seen in Western Europe during the first millennium AD. The departure of the Romans led to centuries of invasions and conflicts, particularly in England, where the...

Join Florent Pagny as he gives a singing lesson to host Jerome Anthony and reveals the secrets behind his powerful voice. From understanding the science of vocal cords to mastering breathing techniques, this segment provides an in-depth...

This music composition lesson presents four bars of repeated notes at the top and bottom of the texture. He then explains how to harmonise all the repeated notes, generating an engaging range of harmonic colour and well structured...

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...

Which are the most common approach chords? We consider the reasons why these chords work better than other options, examining voice leading, the smooth progression of parts, and the avoidance of parallels & false relations. This music...

Many people struggle to know how to harmonize repeated notes. This music composition explores three strategies for dealing with such situations by harmonising the same note repeated six times. The first strategy is to consider the...

What are chord inversions? How do we write them? How do we identify chord inversions and why do we need them? Refresh your knowledge of the diatonic chords and 7ths within any key and understand how chords can be presented in their...

Learn how chord inversions work, what they are, how and when to use them, and how to label them. This music theory lesson includes U.K. and U.S. terminology to describe inversion chords and you will learn how to use all the diatonic...

Teaching you the best ways to deal with second inversion chords. The second inversion chord is explained along with its unstable characteristics and the video goes on to illustrate the most convincing musical contexts for using the chord...

How to harmonize a melody in four different ways. This music composition lesson begins by using diatonic chords to present two possible alternative harmonisations. We then move on to two further harmonisations using chromatic chords and...

We live in an amazing time where we can express ourselves through animated gifs, so in this video, I am going to show you how to use gifs for marketing.

Music Matters demonstrates Identifying Inessential Notes

Why have I never done an Analysis video? I have no idea! So, today I analyze my favorite Pentatonix song - Run To You. We'll look at how Pentatonix writes this song, and some of the things that make it awesome.

How to write better harmony and chord progressions. This music composition lesson begins with what is often a typical working of a four-part harmony exercise, which doesn’t sound bad but doesn’t sound good. We explore what works and what...

Find out how Bach goes about decorating a straightforward chord progression and use multiple harmonic devices to create a really moving piece of music. We examine the choice of harmony and modulation, the part writing, the use of...

What is a cadential 6-4? What does it sound like? How does it function? What do we mean by “cadential” and 6-4? This music theory lesson explains the cadential 6-4 and answers all those questions. The melodic, as well as the harmonic...

Consecutive fifths and consecutive octaves. This music theory lesson presents a short passage of four-part harmony that is filled with consecutive fifths and consecutive octaves (also known as parallel fifths and parallel octaves)....

How Bach makes use of multiple suspensions, often overlapping each other, in one of his chorale workings. We also take a look at the choice of harmony, the part writing, dealing with harmonic and melodic minor, plus other features of the...

Music Matters demonstrates "Identifying Consecutive Fifths and Octaves"

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...

Barber Shop Chronicles part 1/3: Musical Director Michael Henry assembles the cast of Barber Shop Chronicles to demonstrate the vocal techniques used in the National Theatre's 2017 production.