Learn about the great music composers in our music history with this short animated video.

What is music? From John Cage to Legendary Stardust Cowboy, avant-garde artists have forever been pushing on the edges of what is considered music. Composers like Arnold Schoenberg, Harry Partch and outsider musicians like The Shaggs...

How does Chopin create and express emotion in his music? We delve into the mind of the composer and explore Chopin’s Nocturne in G minor, explaining how Chopin delivers emotional impact through his approach to harmony, melodic...

Discover Kip Winger's transition from the frontman of an 80s hair metal band to a celebrated classical music composer.<br/>

Discover how Josquin des Prez developed compositional style during the High Renaissance period. Josquin des Prez followed composers like Du Fay and Ockeghem, and prepared the ground for Palestrina and his contemporaries. As a singer,...

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...

Watch a video biography about Johann Sebastian Bach, from his early years growing up in a family of musicians to his composing sacred music for churches. #Biography Subscribe for more Biographyhttp://aetv.us/2AsWMPH' target='_blank'...

Colour in music can mean a number of different things. Some musicians experience Synesthesia in which particular notes, keys or chords are experienced directly in relation to particular colours. We talk about the Blues or about white...

The famous Dido’s Lament from ‘Dido and Aeneas’ by Henry Purcell. Features of Purcell’s style are unpacked and the word painting & emotional life of the music are explored. A Ground Bass is repeated 11 times, while the melodic line and...

MOT 1920s: MUSIC: Composer, pianist George Gershwin (1898-1937) playing upright piano on boat w/ two unidentified men, MS George playing. HA WS George playing on grand piano w/ orchestra BG, MS George playing. Theatre, Broadway,...

MOT 1926: MUSIC: Composer, lyricist, songwriter Irving Berlin (1888-1989) walking w/ second wife Ellin Mackay & others on deck of 'Leviathan' during honeymoon, MS Irving posing, smiling w/ bride Ellin Mackay Tin Pan Alley, Broadway,...

How well do you know your classical composers? Find out with our name the composer quiz! We present ten facts about a random composer, see if you can guess the correct answer by the end of the video.

How well do you know your classical composers? Find out with our name the composer quiz! We present ten facts about a random composer, see if you can guess the correct answer by the end of the video.

How well do you know your classical composers? Find out with our name the composer quiz! We present ten facts about a random composer, see if you can guess the correct answer by the end of the video.

Is older music better? Is current music worse? Are we as composers and songwriters devolving? I discuss these topics on my first ever music theory vlog.

We examine the first melodic idea that appears in the Overture of Mozart’s ‘Cosi fan tutti’ and analyze the three components of the phrase, showing the characteristics of each, how they contrast and how they fit together to provide...

Learn all about false relation and the two ways in which it commonly occurs. A false relation comes about when there are two notes of the same letter but with differing accidentals that either occur simultaneously or between one chord...

Why do so many horror film scores today sound similar to The Exorcist from 1973? A lot of that is thanks to Krzysztof Penderecki, a Polish composer whose music was used by director William Friedkin to score The Exorcist. Penderecki's...

Salzburg, Austria:"We will go to the birthplace of Mozart, one of the most famous and influential classical music composers in the world ... in Salzburg, Austria."

How to write a piece of music with only five notes. This music composition lesson takes a set of five notes and considers ideas for composing or improvising a piece based on those notes. We then explore how the Australian composer, Peter...

The Mannheim school of composers, led by Stamitz, steered significant musical developments during the second half of the eighteenth century. This music history lesson explains some of their most significant innovations and explains the...

Composer’s block strikes most writers at some point. Sometimes the block is temporary and at other points it can be a more extended barrier. This music composition lesson explores the topic and suggests strategies for dealing with it,...

In this episode of composing for the piano we introduce the original Music Matters theme. Over the course of this series, we're going to take the music matters theme and arrange it into different styles, discussing music composition...

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...