Here's the astounding amount of work that goes into putting together an opera

Construção by Chico Buarque

Piano solo from the Beatles' In My Life

Céu de Santo Amaro by Flávio Venturini and Caetano Velos

John Coltrane's Giant Steps

Milton Nascimento's Maria Maria

Chiquinha Gonzaga's music

Rita Lee

The haunting sound of the last castrato, Alessandro Moreschi

The band Queen was really good at using text painting

Sapato Velho by Roupa Nova Analysis

North Indian Classical Music (Hindustani) with Neelamjit Dhillon

Águas de março (Waters of March) Analysis

Prelude from Bach's Cello Suite No. 1

David Asher Brown Talk

Melodica Men

How to write names in music

Harmonics on the Piano

This is how ragtime works

One Piece - Four Tuning Systems

Try my octave displacement quiz

"Song of Seikilos" the oldest complete musical composition known to exist

"That one takes the cake" has a surprising musical origin.

Spooky Twinkle Twinkle challenge accepted!

Here's how to make this spooky sound effect.

What are some lyrics that you've misheard? #lyrics #song #songwriter #singer

This is one of my favorite gifts.#musicteacher #musiceducator #musiceducation

How much is Western music influenced by African music?

The great cellist Pau (Pablo) Casals was once asked about practicing. #cello #classicalmusic

Here's what you would need to learn to conduct an opera.

One of the reasons why Kansas City became one of the most important towns in the world for jazz.

I got the best answer to this question.

Here's what I tell people who try to cut music programs for the sake of STEM.

Have you heard of this composer?

Flat nine scale!

Embarrassing music confession time.

One of my favorite free music tools.

5 Scales You've Probably Never Heard

Microvariations on a theme from Chiquinha Gonzaga

How Organs Imitate String Instruments (Wow!)

How an Organ Works (And Inside the Organ!)

Have you listened to Leonard Cohen's You Want It Darker? #leonardcohen

Have you heard this song before?

Some observations from having taught music to many students and seeing how they're allowed to quit.

Star Trek Whoosh

The Music of Star Trek - The Original Series

Beautiful song from Argentina: Muchacha (Ojos de papel) by Almendra.

What's a memorable concert experience of yours?

Why do pianists face the same direction?

Do you think arts funding is directly related to the lasting influence of a society?

One of the most famous and iconic musical instruments in the world started out as an accident.

5 Scales You Probably Don't Know, Part 2

Controversial take: Classical music is not elitist.

How Jobim's One Note Samba, or Samba de uma Nota Só, works.

Learning Trombone in 40 seconds

Anyone else learn this the hard way?

Nintendo + Opera? Yes, please! The production was "Superflute" by the Pacific Opera Project.

This is Brahms’ Hungarian Dance No. 5 performed by Sinan Ayyıldız @sinanayyildiz

This is choro!

https://stream.mux.com/T9oxmN3fdq2OqUBkO7bIjrpFUH8Bp9Xdmb02XDxuZkAQ/text/Aiff3D3h6DZbUxKeV8rPlxE9hOE5ouKzTqMv6k2Y2eYBmRdbbBFjcA.txt

Five more scales from around the world. Have you heard of any of these?

https://stream.mux.com/lv714M8mzJKmmEAHbQtJgzG9xt4nCBlUK8OLLbx1nEc/text/DoFUZgspSANnginKnwdBIo2blNlbFlqi9hB2w3xep3cVzvVUXpBn02w.txt

For musicians trying to figure out how to get people to watch your music reels.

https://stream.mux.com/qZjPRXU74iwy648tuoioRGmU009Mcg01pSEM0154y53Aws/text/c21SZvzt2F02yPuixVSFPFAqGCH01VwnXgP3FU3kcDjhQ6FhvdovFFzg.txt

Sacred Harp Singing

https://stream.mux.com/K00q1I3k02Uc1l9zEoJeCKI9Hj11UWhsZEGXF9jru6QSI/text/mrDUdMCO1XjDLUWOEWLO2ObKg8nDd8sO01U3Jz015rgqMniRynTwpfHQ.txt

How to Write Great Melodies

What you will learn in this course about writing great melodies.

Introduction

Before jumping into melody writing, it's important to define some basic music theory terms.

Intervals

This rule has to do with how many steps, skips, and leaps are in your melody.

Rule No. 1

Lesson Name

This rule has to do with thinking about the functions of different scale degrees.

Rule No. 3

Conclusion

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