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...
Heart and Soul is a popular 1938 song, with music composed by Hoagy Carmichael, and lyrics by Frank Loesser. Particularly fun to play with 2 people (one player on the left hand, the other on the right hand). . Sorry, link is only available to Sophomore Members (Piano...
"Carol of the Bells" is a popular Christmas carol composed by Mykola Leontovych in 1904 with lyrics by Peter J. Wilhousky. The song is based on a folk chant known in Ukrainian as "Shchedryk". Wilhousky's lyrics are copyrighted (Wilhousky died in 1978), although the...
"Sleigh Ride" is a popular light orchestral piece composed by Leroy Anderson and is considered a Christmas classic. The middle section, or bridge, utilizes an unusual, unprepared modulation to III, then to II, of the tonic key. The difficulty of singing this has...
The Dreidel Song" (a.k.a. "I Have a Little Dreidel" or "Dreidel, Dreidal, Dreidel") is a traditional children's Hanukkah song. The song is about making a dreidel and playing with it. A dreidal a small four-sided spinning top with a Hebrew letter on each side. The MIDI...
Many people have trouble playing the piano smoothly, especially those who are self-taught. Piano players who haven't been classically trained often play with quite a clunky, uneven sound, despite being talented musicians. In this video I'm going to give you a couple...
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...
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Wake up on Christmas day and play this song for your family and make the holiday even better. Just follow our 4-step system to play this one with perfection. This video demonstrates play a "trumpet" melody. There is a piano...
