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In this video, we will learn how to create a beautiful "Music Mandala." Follow along as we guide you step by step in drawing a round mandala, incorporating musical elements into your design. Using simple petals and musical notes, you'll...

How to draw a piano keyboard. Who would want to know how to draw a piano keyboard? It’s more useful than you might realise. It helps musicians imagine how to play something or how something sounds. Being able to draw a keyboard quickly...

A pedal point or pedal note is a musical device that is used to build harmonic tension within a piece of music. A pedal point is usually the dominant note (the 5th degree of the scale), either sustained for a period of time or repeated...

This music composition lesson unpacks Bach’s Sinfonia in B minor, drawing attention to the three motifs used to compose this piece. The three motifs are unpacked and we explore both the differences and the common ground between them. We...

Learn all about the alto and tenor clef, how to draw them and how to read the notes. Instruments such as the viola read music in the alto clef. Other instruments, such as the trombone, also use the alto clef some of the time. The tenor...

Why a German 6th sounds exactly the same as a Dominant 7th but functions very differently. This music theory lesson shows you how to construct a Dominant 7th in the key of Db and a German 6th in the key of C, drawing attention to the...

Six top tips on how to raise your game in becoming a more professional performer in music. Many people get as far as playing or singing notes accurately but if you really want to play with greater technical facility and with more...

Find out how to draw the Circle of Fifths and why it's so incredibly useful! Learn how to use the circle of fifths to work out all the major keys, all the minor keys and all their key signatures. Useful for understanding keys and key...

How Grieg builds musical character in “Wedding Day at Troldhaugen”, number 6 of his op.65 Lyric Pieces written in celebration of his own 25th wedding anniversary. The celebratory character is explored through the tonality, the...

We can now implant memories into birds’ brains to teach them how to sing, and human fetuses have a couple muscles that disappeared from our adult ancestors over 200 million years ago. Complexly Pilots: History Pop - Diving into the...

Dr. Daniel J. Levitin, a neuroscientist and musician, discusses his book I Heard There Was a Secret Chord, which explores the profound effects of music on the brain and body. Drawing on neuroscience and aesthetics, he explains how music...

From Justin Timberlake to the Bee Gees, we charted the popularity of men singing high. Become a Video Lab member!='http://bit.ly/video-lab' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>member! It’s nearly impossible to turn on the radio and not...

Pianist and composer Jennifer Lin gives a magical performance, talks about the process of creativity and improvises a moving solo piece based on a random sequence of notes.

Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata is one of his most famous pieces of music. Most people have heard it and many want to play it. What makes this such a popular work? Step inside the mind of Beethoven as we explore the features that make the...

Watch me create a non-representational painting using Alcohol Inks on Yupo paper from start to finish! This process is so much fun to work with and to watch. If you want to give it a try yourself, click on the links below for...

Howcast -Learn how to play blues on the harmonica from music teacher Marcus Milius in this Howcast video.

Howcast -Learn how to play major versus minor keys on harmonica from music teacher Marcus Milius in this Howcast video.

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Van Morrison in conversation with producer Don Was Van Morrison talks to Don Was, now president of Blue Note records, about his new album, Born to Sing: No Plan B. It is an album that draws on Van's early blues influences and the pair...

Iona Opie once compared children to kittens, noting that both had an ability to get ‘drunk on nothing’ and to ‘create drama out of the most ordinary things’. This extraordinary imagination and capacity for creation is at the heart of...