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...
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...
Curated Video
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.
Curated Video
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.
Curated Video
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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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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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
Curated Video
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.
Music Matters
Rhythm Bootcamp - Pulse, Tempo and Rhythm
What is the difference between rhythm, tempo and pulse? This rhythm lesson looks at these three elements separately and will help you to build a steady pulse and slow, medium and fast tempi. It then moves on to counting and clapping some...
Music Matters
Why Learn Figured Bass? - Music Theory
See why every musician should become familiar with figured bass. For harpsichordists and organists needing to realise figured bass in performance realising figured bass fluently with style is essential. For others it’s a useful way of...
Music Matters
Using a Slow Moving Theme with Cantus Firmus - Music Composition
We explore how to write a free moving line over a sustained melody presented in long notes. The example here uses the first two phrases of “Happy Birthday to you” set as a cantus firmus in long notes in the left hand, while the right...
Music Matters
Composing Twelve-Tone Music - Implications of Tonality in Serialism
How to approach constructing a note row that also incorporates a sense of tonality. The music composition lesson explores how to build in some implication of a key within a twelve-tone serial piece and explains how to achieve a...
Music Matters
Two Against Three Rhythms - Music Theory
Triplets are explained, sextuplets are related to them, then how to play 2’s against 3’s. The “3 for the price of 2” is defined with examples given of triplets using different rhythmic units, as well as examples of triplets using fewer...
Music Matters
How to Vary the Harmony for Repeated Notes - Music Theory
Many composers and students of harmony worry about harmonising repeated notes in a melody. Repeated notes can make for melodic stagnation and the remedy is often to create harmonic interest but how is this achieved? This music theory...