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A Beginner's Guide to Four-Part Harmony - Music Theory
Beginner's guide to four-part harmony. This music theory lesson explains the basics of how to write four-part harmony to fit with a given melody. Often people can write a tune they are happy with but they are not sure which chords to use...
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What is a Secondary Dominant? - Music Theory
Find out what makes a secondary dominant and how best to use them. A secondary dominant is a way of adding a touch of harmonic colour to a piece of music. It occurs when a V-l progression occurs in a key other than the prevailing key....
Odd Quartet
How Minor Key Chord Progressions Work - Music Theory Crash Course
Last time we talked about chord progressions in a major key. Today we will look at chord progressions in a minor key. In this video we will find the key signature for the minor key, build the diatonic chords of that key, make a chord...
Two Minute Music Theory
Symmetry In Music - TWO MINUTE MUSIC THEORY #53
Music can often be quite symmetrical, which is great, because humans tend to love symmetry. Season 4, Episode 4
Two Minute Music Theory
What Is The Dorian Mode - TWO MINUTE MUSIC THEORY #30
On our tour of the Modes, we come today to the Dorian Mode. We'll look at how to build it, some things we can do with it, and some music that uses the mode. Season 3, Episode 10
Odd Quartet
The Most Important Chord Progression - Music Theory Crash Course
There is one chord progression that gets used in almost every style of music from classical, jazz, hip hop, pop music, and EDM. It is the V - I chord progression. Today, we are going to break this down to see why it works and how it...
Two Minute Music Theory
Chords: Augmented and Diminished - TWO MINUTE MUSIC THEORY #40
The Second installment in our Building Chords Series. Today we look at the Augmented and Diminished Chords, and how they related to the Major and Minor Chords.
Two Minute Music Theory
Building Seventh Chords - TWO MINUTE MUSIC THEORY #41
Season 3, Episode 21 - Two Minute Music Theory The third installment in our Building Chords Series. Today we look at building all types of Seventh Chords, which are extensions of the basic triad.
Two Minute Music Theory
Building Chords: Chord Inversions - TWO MINUTE MUSIC THEORY #42
Season 3, Episode 22 - Two Minute Music Theory The third installment in our Building Chords Series. Today we look at what happens when the chord isn't stacked like it normally is. When notes aren't in their normal position, we call that...
Two Minute Music Theory
Chords in Major and Minor Keys - TWO MINUTE MUSIC THEORY #47
As we continue our Chords series, today we look at the chords that can be made using the major and minor keys - which are called Diatonic Chords.
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Piano Accompaniment Styles - Music Performance
Always wanted to compose or improvise a professional accompaniment to a melody on the piano? In this music performance lesson we consider not only how to fit chords to a melody but also how to come up with a really effective...
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The Difference Between 2:2 and 4:4 Time Signatures - Music Theory
What is the difference between 3/4 and 6/8 time signatures? Mathematically it appears that 3/4 and 6/8 are two versions of the same thing. On the face of it, there may appear to be little difference between music in 3/4 time or music in...
Odd Quartet
Music Theory - What Is A Deceptive Cadence?
So far we have only looked at cadences that end back on the tonic. Today we are going to look at a cadence that goes in a completely DIFFERENT direction - the deceptive cadence. Instead of ending on the tonic, this cadence starts on the...
Two Minute Music Theory
The Major Scale Formula - TWO MINUTE MUSIC THEORY #25
What are major scales? How do we build them? Why should you never use E# Major? Is there a Formula for Major Scales? All this and more today on Two Minute Music Theory! Season 3, Episode 3
Mr Henry's Music World
How to Play Piano Chords for Lost Boy (Ruth B)
Hey there! Looking for fun, awesome piano lessons for kids ages 6-10? Check out this video!
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Introduction to the First Four Circle Theorems
The video is a lecture presentation on the first four simple circle theorems. The speaker explains how to recognize and apply the angle properties created by chords connecting with the center and tangents running outside of the circle....
Two Minute Music Theory
Write Better Chords With The Harmonic Series - Q&A #2
Since I released the Intro to the Harmonic Series video, I've gotten a lot of questions asking what you can do with it. So, I thought we might look at a practical application of it, Writing and Voicing Chords.
Odd Quartet
How to Get From Chord To Chord - Voice Leading Music Theory
Today we're going to look at voice leading. Voice leading is a way to get from chord to chord in music that makes it sound connected (and can make it easier for musicians to play). First, we will take a chord progression, add a bass line...
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Overlapping Suspensions - Inside the Mind of Bach
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...
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Identifying Consecutive Fifths and Octaves - Music Composition
Music Matters demonstrates "Identifying Consecutive Fifths and Octaves"
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How to Sight Read Advanced Piano Pieces
In this advanced sight reading video we explore a two part invention from the perspective of how to sight read a more advanced piano piece, the level of sight reading is that required by many music exam boards for diploma exams. You...
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The Genius of Schubert’s Melodic Writing - Composer Insights
A look at the beauty of Schubert’s melodic writing and how it interacts with his use of harmony and texture. This composer insights lesson takes the opening of Schubert’s Andante from his Piano Sonata in A and explores the melodic design...
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How Good is Your Harmony? - Music Theory
How good is your harmony? Are there mistakes that commonly catch you out when writing harmony. This music theory lesson presents a passage of four-part harmony, test your harmony knowledge and try to answer these questions about chords,...
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Adding Chords to a Melody on the Piano - Music Composition
How to find and choose chords to fit a melody. Have you ever written a melody but didn’t really know how to find chords to fit it? If you have a melody and you’re searching for chords to harmonise with it this music composition lesson...