TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Music as a Language
Can learning to make music be as unstructured as learning to speak as a small child? Bassist Victor Wooton makes that argument in this TED Ed talk. Free registration is required to receive full access to the the complete lessons.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: How to Read Music
Like an actor's script, a sheet of music instructs a musician on what to play (the pitch) and when to play it (the rhythm). Sheet music may look complicated, but once you've gotten the hang of a few simple elements like notes, bars and...
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J Music: Shakuhachi (Bamboo Flute)
Provides information about Japan's traditional bamboo flute, the Shakuhachi. Includes a movie of the instrument being played.
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The Violin Site: Left Hand Violin Exercises
Many exercises and techniques for the left hand are explained on this site with the use of music studies and videos. This is a good resource that helps explain the proper techniques for using the left hand properly. (Note: Videos may not...
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Guitar Notes
Home for a site that provides information and links to virtually all things guitar: instruction, music, parts & accessories and more!
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Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann: Video
Small video archive from an organization dedicated t the preservation and promotion of Irish traditional music. View clips of solo performers and bands playing selections of reels, jigs, and hornpipes on fiddles, flutes, pipes,...
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Na Piobairi Uilleann [Society of Uilleann Pipers]: History of the Uilleann Pipes
A history of an instrument central to the playing of traditional Irish music: the Irish bagpipes known as the uilleann pipes.
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French Horn Stopping Why the Pitch Shift?
The opening four points of this article point out the 4 special challenges of playing the modern French horn. When the player uses the "stopping mute", he/she must transpose the music down one semitone in order to play in the correct...