A slur is a symbol in Western musical notation indicating that the notes it embraces are to be played without separation, i.e. with legato articulation. Watch this video for a simple...
Here's a helpful guide on how to read sheet music - or not. Yes, it's all tongue-in-cheek, but we found it really really funny 🙂 Humor aside, it is truthful in explaining how difficult music notation and sheet music is for the majority of us. In fact, it's just...
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...
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...
Why does melody affect us so deeply, from the moment we are born? Tunes touch our deepest emotions, and are capable of inspiring love, sorrow, faith, and hope. But how does a melody actually work? In this film composer Howard Goodall looks at melody's basic elements....
Each symbol on a piece of sheet music plays a very important role in the composition of the piece as a whole. Learn about what each symbol on a sheet music sheet means with help from an experienced musician in this free video...
Mathematics explains the workings of the universe, from particle physics to engineering and economics. Math is even closely related to music, and their common ground has something to do with a Rubik's Cube puzzle. Michael Staff explains how group theory can teach us...
