"The Star Spangled Banner" is the national anthem of the United States of America. The lyrics come from "Defence of Fort M'Henry",a poem written on September 13, 1814 by the 35-year-old lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key after witnessing the bombardment of Fort...
Davor Jordanovski, professional pianist and instructor at Metalworks Institute, teaches you how to improve your tone on the piano. As Davor says, "music is 50% rhythm, and 50%...
"Sleepers Wake" is a song composed by Johann Sebastion Bach. It is also known as Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140 (Awake, calls the voice to us) This church cantata is regarded as one of his most mature and popular sacred cantatas. Bach composed the chorale...
This lesson is on chords, how they work, and the basic intervals that make them up. Learning the underlying music theory behind chords will not only allow you to find any chord you want, anywhere you want, it will also give you a solid foundation to build your entire...
"Hello" is a song by British singer Adele. It was released on 23 October 2015 as the lead single from her third studio album, 25 (2015). Adele co-wrote the song with her producer, Greg Kurstin. "Hello" is a piano ballad with soul influences, and lyrics that discuss...
Improvisation is one of the highest and most demanding forms of music composition. Many people try to learn how to improvise by studying scales, modes, licks and other "cheats". In my opinion, these mechanical cheats are not only intellectually and musically...
I composed "In Sight of Heaven" in two nights at a music festival in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. I wrote it for Delayna and over the years, we have played it many times and in many places. Most recently, we played it at our daughter's wedding. There is a second...
Melodic Intervals and their origins in Western music are explained - Semitones, tones, Christian Plainsong, Bulgarian folksong, particularly the emphasis on the whole tone. Touches on the introduction of melodic thirds, fourths, fifths and...
