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Measuring with Nonstandard Tools
Miss Palomine needs to ship a box to a friend, but discovers that she must know the weight, the height, and the length of the box before she can find out what it will cost. She then explains to the student that you can use a number of...
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Let’s Solve This Weight Problem
Miss Palomine talks about items that are weighed in pounds and how a scale is often used to measure the weight. She reviews the idea of determining which of two objects is heavier by holding them in her hands. She then shows the student...
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What Does It Mean To Be Neurotic?
In this video I discuss three ways to define neurotic. 1. Using the five-factor OCEAN model developed by Lewis Goldberg 2. Using the concept of neurosis developed by Sigmund Freud 3. Using personality organization construct developed by...
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Science Tools
The video “Science Tools” identifies tools that scientists use and describes how to use those tools.
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Six Signs of Perfectionism - Healthy vs. Extreme
There’s a certain amount of healthy perfectionism, we’ll call it perfectionistic strivings. If this is you, you’re naturally more driven.
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Emotional Blindness and other Signs of Alexithymia
Alexithymia is a psychological disorder in which the individual has difficulty identifying, understanding, and expressing their emotions. People with alexithymia often appear to be unemotional or “emotionally blind” and may have trouble...
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Watchmaking: Machining a 0.6 mm Screw
In this video, Mike machines a 0.6 mm watch screw on a watchmaker's lathe.
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Planet Song What's the Distance Between the Earth and Moon
Learn What the Distance is Between the Earth and Moon with the planet song What's the Distance Between the Earth and Moon Song by
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I WONDER - What Is A Melody?
This video is answering the question of what is a melody.
Music Matters
What to Do With the Rule of the Octave - Music Composition
This music composition lesson follows on from an earlier video about the rule of the octave and you may well want to watch our other video first. In this lesson we examine the linear implications for part writing using the chord scheme...
Music Matters
Using Suspensions to Harmonize a Descending Bass - Music Composition
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...
Music Matters
Harmonizing an Ascending Scale with 5-6 Alterations - Music Composition
This music composition lesson demonstrates an idea for alternating inversions and an associated melodic pattern above an ascending scale in the bass line. Ascending scales in the bass can be awkward to harmonise satisfactorily without...
Music Matters
Harmonizing a Chromatic Scale is Not Impossible - Music Theory
Learn how to harmonise a chromatic scale. Starting with harmonising diatonic scales, the video moves on to using secondary dominants then to using chromatic chords and to using chords in a less functional way. This music theory lesson...
Music Matters
Elaborating an Upper Voice When Using an Ascending Bass Scale - Music Composition
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...
Music Matters
Alternating Inversion Chords when Harmonizing a Descending Bass - Music Composition
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...
Debunked
Would A Nuclear Explosion Actually Destroy An Asteroid?
An apocalyptic asteroid is on a collision course with our wonderful little planet! What do we do?
Debunked
What If You Destroyed The Internet?
We investigate how the internet could be taken down, the consequences of an Internet Apocalypse, and if it could all be done by a single person.
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 Find Interval Names Easily - Music theory Crash Course
Identifying music intervals can be one of the more confusing things about learning music theory for the first time. In this video we will look at an easier way to find the names of intervals using the major scale as a reference point....
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
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...
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Human Body Size Comparison Heart Size Comparison
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The Importance of Irrationality
Princeton University physicist Paul Steinhardt reveals how irrational ratios of two repeating patterns produces intriguing and unexpected effects.
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Seduced by Inflation
Princeton cosmologist Paul Steinhardt recalls his initial enchantment with cosmic inflation when he first heard Alan Guth suggest it in a talk in 1982.