Music Matters
Two-Part Canon at the 5th - Writing Canon
Learn how to go about composing a strict canon at the 5th in two parts. This lesson explains the most useful technique for constructing a strict canon bar by bar, in such a way that the melodic line has shape and direction, while...
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How to Harmonize Repeated Notes in Both the Top and Bottom Parts - Music Composition
This music composition lesson presents four bars of repeated notes at the top and bottom of the texture. He then explains how to harmonise all the repeated notes, generating an engaging range of harmonic colour and well structured...
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Harmonic Sequences - Music Composition
How to write simple harmonic sequences over a bass line that is derived from the pattern of the circle of 5ths. By alternating intervals of the 4th and the 5th in the bass a descending bass line is created above which a systematic chord...
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Can You Hear Four-Part Harmony and Write It Down? - Ear Training
Have you ever had the frustrating experience of hearing a musical idea you want to work with as a player or as a composer but have struggled with being able to write it down? This lesson is an exercise in hearing a passage of four part...
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Can You Hear a Melody and Write It Down? - Ear Training
Have you ever had the frustrating experience of hearing a musical idea you want to work with as a player or as a composer but have struggled with being able to write it down? This lesson is an exercise in hearing a melodic line and being...
Odd Quartet
How to Import MIDI to MuseScore
MIDI can be a powerful tool that you can use to import music into your music notation software like MuseScore. First we will make a MIDI file in a DAW, then import it into MuseScore. We will also look at importing a larger piece of music...
Odd Quartet
How To Transpose Music - MuseScore Tutorial
Today we talk about how to transpose music using the transpose tools in MuseScore. Transposing tools can be very powerful and have many different uses in music. Sometimes you have to transpose a part because the instruments play in...
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 Build Seventh Chords
Today I want to talk about seventh chords. Seventh chords are a type of four note chord used in western music. The two types we will talk about today are the Major Seventh and the Dominant Seventh. We will go over how to build them note...
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...
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Using Notes and Visual Aids
Using Notes and Visual Aids explores effective communication skills by reviewing how to effectively use notes and visual aids when giving a speech.
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I WONDER - What Does Staccato In Music Mean?
This video is answering the question of what does staccato in music mean.
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I WONDER - What Does Legato Mean In Music?
This video is answering the question of what does legato mean in music.
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What's On My Laptop? | 13" M1 Macbook Pro for Machine Learning
What's On My Laptop? | 13" M1 Macbook Pro for Machine Learning
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The iPad Pro Is A Game Changer for My ADHD
I've been using the iPad Pro for the last two years and it has become one of my favorite tools to work productively with ADHD!
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Active Learning: Cornell Notes
Most students write simple linear notes. But there is a way to improve the quality of note-taking that makes it more active, inquiring and revision-friendly, without radically changing how you take notes. It's called the Cornell Method...
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The Joy of the Archives
Historian John Elliott (Oxford) describes the advantages and disadvantages of modern technology's effect on the historical enterprise.
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Tone and Style
“Tone and Style” Will teach Students to define tone and then determine when it is appropriate to use formal style or informal style.
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MAC OS: Gestures, Tips & Tricks
Learners will know some key tricks and tips to maximize productivity
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MAC OS: Launching & Quitting Applications
Learner will understand how to launch, quit and force quit an application using various shortcuts
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Can You Tell If These AI Products Are Real?
More AI-based consumer products are being released every day, and some of them are pretty unbelievable. But can you tell the difference between a real AI product and a fake one?
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How Does Handwriting Recognition Work? | Scribble for iPadOS 14
So I've been using Scribble on iPadOS 14 for the past week now, and here's my review.
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Hearing Differently
Award-winning violinmaker and acoustician Joseph Curtin describes how many musicians would benefit from learning to listen like recording engineers.