Music Matters
What is the Baroque Orchestra? - Music Appreciation
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...
Music Matters
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Harmonized in 4 Different Styles - Music Composition
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star harmonized in four different styles, Baroque, Classical, Romantic and 20th Century. In the first style the melody is presented as a Cantus Firmus in Baroque style with two lower parts added below using Baroque...
Music Matters
The Mannheim School of Composers - Music History
The Mannheim school of composers, led by Stamitz, steered significant musical developments during the second half of the eighteenth century. This music history lesson explains some of their most significant innovations and explains the...
Mr Henry's Music World
Music Composers Short History of the Greats!
Learn about the great music composers in our music history with this short animated video.
Catalyst University
Halohydrin Formation: Theory, Mechanism, Examples
Halohydrin Formation: Theory, Mechanism, Examples
Music Matters
Inherited Classicism - Inside the Mind of Beethoven
Beethoven is often labelled the ‘bridge composer’ because, more than any other composer, he provides the transition from Classical to Romantic style. Step inside the mind of Beethoven as we examine the opening of his op.79 Sonata for...
Music Matters
Modulation using a Pivot Note - Music Theory
You may be familiar with modulating to a different key using a pivot chord but can you modulate using a pivot note? Use this modulation technique to modulate to more extreme keys. When Baroque composers first ventured into the realms of...
Music Matters
Adding Elegance to a Melodic Line - Music Composition
Many composers are happy to write basic melodies that fit with chords but how do we give a melodic line more identity and elegance? We discover how appoggiaturas can play a significant role. This music composition lesson shows you how to...
KnowMo
Understanding Place Value and Number Lines
The video is a tutorial about place value and number lines. The presenter explains the importance of place value and how the position of each digit carries a specific value. They also discuss how to align numbers correctly when doing...
Bill Carmody
Creating Consistency in Writing Instructions
In this video, Bill Carmody discusses the importance of maintaining a consistent voice when writing a variety of instructions within a business. By establishing a clear brand voice and ensuring consistency, instructions can be written in...
Two Minute Music Theory
The History of Western Classical Music (or something)
ANNOUNCEMENT: As of May 14, 2019, there is a NEW Music History series starting on this channel called "Music In History: The Story of Music". NOTE: This video was created as a bit of a joke on how music history classes and how little...
Music Matters
False Relation - Music Theory
Learn all about false relation and the two ways in which it commonly occurs. A false relation comes about when there are two notes of the same letter but with differing accidentals that either occur simultaneously or between one chord...
Language Tree
Intro Spanish Lesson: Review Days of the Week
Learn and review the Spanish words for the different days of the week.
Music Matters
Mozart's Clever Development Section - Composer Insights
We examine the Development section of the first movement of Mozart’s Piano Sonata in D major, K284. In the space of 20 bars Mozart packs in a mobile and clever series of modulations while he explores a small number of musical ideas to...
Music Matters
Choral Music Notation - Music Theory
How are the voice parts written in a score of a piece for Choir and accompaniment? Using an example by Rossini this music theory lesson shows you why it’s necessary to write the vocal parts in open score and how it deals with word...
Music Matters
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...
Mr Henry's Music World
Music Lesson for Beginners Guide to Writing Composing Music
Hey there! Looking for fun, awesome piano lessons for kids ages 6-10? Check out this video!
Jack Rackam
The Least Interesting Man in the World | The Life & Times of Joseph Haydn
Of course he wasn't the absolute least interesting man in the world, but when compared with those artists who died young, or were never appreciated, or continually struggled with their inner demons, Franz Joseph Haydn certainly didn't...
Music Matters
Baroque Opera - Music Appreciation
We trace the origins of Opera from the Camerata in Italy in the late 1500’s through the early efforts of Peri and Caccini, through to Monteverdi and onwards to Caccini, to Lully in France, to Handel in England, and back to Pergolesi in...
Music Matters
Is this the Greatest English Work of the 17th Century? - Composer Insights
The famous Dido’s Lament from ‘Dido and Aeneas’ by Henry Purcell. Features of Purcell’s style are unpacked and the word painting & emotional life of the music are explored. A Ground Bass is repeated 11 times, while the melodic line and...
Jack Rackam
How Ethiopia Beat Colonialism | The Life & Times of Menelik II
But even before Italy got served at the Battle of Adwa, Menelik was a busy guy. Did anyone else know Ethiopia had its own Warring States period (Era of Princes / Zemene Mesafint)? Because I certainly didn't. And the fact that Tewodros...
12tone
The Dice Game That Conquered 18th-Century Europe
Try Dashlane here: http://www.Dashlane.com/12tone Get 10% off now with my promo code: 12tone There's many ways to write music, but possibly one of the most interesting movements in history was the Musikalishes Würfelspiel, or musical...
Piano Lessons On The Web
The Easiest Chopin Pieces on Piano that Beginners Can Learn
In this lesson, I am going to show you the easiest Chopin piano pieces that even beginners should start with. Unlike pieces by Liszt, there are some pieces by Chopin that are manageable for students who don't have a prodigy skill level....
Jack Rackam
The Least Interesting Man in the World | The Life & Times of Joseph Haydn
Of course he wasn't the absolute least interesting man in the world, but when compared with those artists who died young, or were never appreciated, or continually struggled with their inner demons, Franz Joseph Haydn certainly didn't...