Music Matters
Elaborating Harmony - Inside the Mind of Bach
A look at how Bach elaborates a chord progression in one of his chorale harmonizations. We examine the choice of harmony, chromatic chords, secondary dominants, borrowed chords. and modulation, the part writing, the use of inessential...
Music Matters
What's the Key of this Piece? - Music Theory
When you look at a melody how do you know in which key it is composed? This music theory lesson presents a short piece and explains how to determine the key of a given melody. It also talks about modulation to a different key. How good...
Brian McLogan
Simplify an expression with four terms by factoring grouping
Learn how to factor expressions of two variables by grouping. To factor an algebraic expression means to break it up into expressions that can be multiplied together to get the original expression. When a given expression can be grouped...
Music Matters
Diminished 7th Chords - Music Theory
What makes a diminished 7th chord and how do we use it best? In this music theory lesson you will discover exactly what a diminished 7th chord is, how to construct a diminished 7th, and how to locate a diminished 7th in the context of a...
Music Matters
An Introduction to Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 8, Op. 13 (Pathetique)
An overview of Beethoven's Pathetique Piano Sonata No. 8, Op. 13. This music analysis video provides a simple examination of the work. Through this study one begins to understand the structure and musical language of a famous piece, and...
Brian McLogan
Combining rational expression with unlike denominators
Learn how to add and/or subtract rational expressions. A rational expression is an expression in the form of a fraction where the numerator and/or the denominator are/is an algebraic expression. When adding or subtracting rational...
Music Matters
Reading Notes in the Alto Clef - Music Theory
How good are you at reading notes in the alto clef? You may play an instrument that never needs to use the alto clef but you might want to grasp the essentials of reading notes in the alto clef. You might play with other instrumentalists...
Music Matters
The Plagal Cadence - Music Theory
Learn all about the plagal cadence, also known as the amen cadence, which chords it uses and how it sounds. Do you want to know about the plagal cadence? What is a plagal cadence? Where would you use a plagal cadence? How can you hear a...
Music Matters
How Did Brahms Compose - Composer Insights
How did Brahms go about composing music? Let's explore part of the opening section of the Intermezzo op118 no2 by Brahms as we try to answer that very question. We explain how Brahms handles the repetition of the opening phrase, which...
Music Matters
Modulation using Diminished 7ths - Music Theory
How to use a diminished 7th chord to modulate into a different key. Diminished 7ths are usually used as a means of adding harmonic colour and tension within the prevailing key. They can also be used as a means of modulation, which is...
Music Matters
Augmented 6th Chords - Music Theory
Understand augmented 6th chords, how to identify and use them in both major and minor keys. augmented 6ths fall into a category known as chromatic chords. They add colour, variety, an element of unpredictability, and tension to music. So...
FuseSchool
Prime Factors
Prime Factors | Number | Maths | FuseSchool Every single positive number can be broken down into prime factors. Every single positive number has a unique set of prime factors. It’s the fundamental theorem of arithmetic. Prime factors are...
Music Matters
How to Harmonize a Melody - Music Theory
How to easily choose chords and harmonize a melody on the piano. Have you got a melody that you want to harmonise i.e. find chords to fit with it? In this music theory lesson we take a melody and work out how to find the best chords to...
Music Matters
Why is Ear Training and Developing Aural Skills Important?
For a musician, ear training and aural skills are absolutely fundamental to what we're about and the ability to hear what we are doing is essential. The more we can develop our Aural skills the more refined our abilities will become....
Music Matters
Late Romantic Style - Composing for the Piano
In this episode of composing for the piano we talk about writing in a late Romantic style. We take the music matters theme and arrange it into a late Romantic style, discussing music composition techniques and tips when composing for the...
Music Matters
How Did Liszt Compose: - Composer Insights
How did Franz Liszt compose and what are some of the hallmarks of his compositional style? We try to get inside the head of Liszt and unpack the first page of his monumental Sonata in B minor for piano, of 1854. We explore the shielding...
Music Matters
Solfege and Tonic Sol Fa for Beginners - Music Performance
Solfege and Tonic Sol Fa. What is it, and how is it used? Many musicians use sol fa. Others have heard about it but are not sure how it works. In this music performance lesson, we explain the sol fa system and how it can transfer from...
Music Matters
Antecedent and Consequent Phrases - Music Composition
How to write and compose music with antecedent and consequent phrases, particularly useful when composing melodies. This music composition lesson explains how musical phrases often come in pairs as questioning and answering phrases or as...
Music Matters
What is Texture? - Music Theory
Musical texture explained. Texture is the word we use to describe how sound is organised. Texture might be described as high or low, depending on the pitch; as thick or thin, depending on how many notes are sounding at any one time; as...
Music Matters
What to do with a Melody? - Music Composition
Wondering what to do with a melody you've written? How could you go about turning it into a piece? In this music composition lesson we start with a melody in a minor key, then work out how best to harmonise it, considering various...
FuseSchool
Simple Interest
Interest is the amount charged by a lender to a borrower. It means that if you borrow some money from a bank, you have to pay back more than the money you borrowed. Equally, if you have a savings account and deposit some money, the bank...
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Alto Clef and Tenor Clef Explained - Music Theory
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...
KnowMo
Prime Factor Decomposition, Highest Common Factor, and Lowest Common Multiple
This video explains the concept of prime factor decomposition and demonstrates two methods for breaking down numbers into their prime factors - the tree method and the ladder method. The video also covers how to use prime factor...
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Which Key is this Piece of Music in? - Music Theory
Just by looking at a melody can you work out which key it is in? How can you tell just by looking at the notes which key a melody is in, especially when there is no key signature? Even if you can work it out how do you know if it’s in a...