Music Matters
How to Write Syncopated Rhythms - Music Composition
How to write syncopated rhythms. Syncopated rhythms add a great deal of interest and character to a piece of music but when should we write them and how do we write them. This music composition lesson shows two very different musical...
Learning Mole
I WONDER - What Does Syncopation Mean In Music?
This video is answering the question of what does syncopation mean in music.
Music Matters
What is a Lombard Rhythm? (The Scotch Snap) - Music Theory
The Lombard rhythm or Scotch snap is a syncopated musical rhythm in which a short, accented note is followed by a longer one. Find out all about this syncopated musical rhythm, including how it's written and how it sounds in this music...
Music Matters
How Elgar Evokes a Musical Picture of Love - Composer Insights
This composer insights lesson shows how Elgar creates a picture of innocent and passionate love at this significant moment in his life and explores the opening of Elgar’s “Salut d’Amour”, written as his engagement gift to his intended...
Mr Henry's Music World
Thanksgiving Rap for Kids Body Percussion Jam Along!
Get Thanksgiving rockin' in your classroom or home with the Thanksgiving Rap for Kids!
Music Matters
Domenico Scarlatti's Sonatas - Composer Insights
Domenico Scarlatti wrote over 550 single-movement sonatas for the harpsichord, making characteristic but innovative use of the instrument. This composer insights lesson explores sonata K208 in A major. Having clarified the Binary...
Music Matters
Calypso Style - Composing for the Piano
In this episode of composing for the piano, we explore how to present the Music Matters theme in Calypso style. If nothing else it will bring cheer to your day! The distinctive Calypso rhythm is explained and Gareth talks through how he...
Royal Opera House
The Royal Ballet rehearse Elite Syncopations
The Royal Ballet rehearse Kenneth MacMillan's Elite Syncopations, filmed as part of #WorldBalletDay 2017. Find out more at http://www.roh.org.uk In 1974 Kenneth MacMillan created the perfect antidote to the blues with Elite Syncopations...
Curated Video
The secret rhythm behind Radiohead's "Videotape"
Watch the full first season of Vox Earworm: https://bit.ly/2JKK30W And follow Vox Earworm on Facebook for more: http://www.facebook.com/VoxEarworm In this season opener of Earworm, I speak with Warren Lain. He's a Radiohead fan who also...
Curated Video
Jacob Collier deconstructs a Stevie Wonder classic
Stevie Wonder's irresistible ode to jazz, explained Become a Video Lab member! http://bit.ly/video-lab Stevie Wonder is one of the most widely celebrated artists in history. His music is infectious, melodic, and thoughtfully inspired by...
12tone
Understanding The Trooper
Iron Maiden is one of the most iconic bands in the history of metal, and The Trooper is one of their most iconic songs. It's full of signature Iron Maiden techniques like frantic rhythms, syncopation, harmonizing guitars, and of course...
Curated Video
Raf Simons debuts new Christian Dior collection following John Galliano's departure
Day one of Paris' menswear collections Wednesday for spring-summer 2013 saw all eyes on designer Raf Simons, and perhaps for the wrong reasons. The 44-year-old Belgian has, of course, recently taken the creative helm of fashion...
Curated Video
Ciara, Olivia Palmero, Clotilde Courau attend Valentino Paris fashion show
Valentino put its typical Italian aristocratic look on hold this season to channel Balkan-style ethnic patterns in its spring-summer 2014 preview show on Tuesday (1 OCT. 2013) in Paris. It was clear from the discordant musical mix in...
NativLang
Sound Change - Epenthesis & Elision (part 3 of 5)
Learn how sounds change over time in language. This series explores the basics of phonological change in the history of world languages. This third video covers epenthesis & elision. Epenthesis adds consonants (excrescence) or vowels...
12tone
And The Bass Walks On
Jazz is pretty cool, right? Well, it's certainly got its good parts, anyway, and one of my favorites is the Walking Bass. It sounds really simple, especially compared to a lot of other jazz techniques, but as you might guess it's...
Joy 2 Learn
Nuts and Bolts of Jazz
A collection of videos directs viewers through a series of seven videos detailing all things jazz. Video topics include how to play, its forms, rhythm, syncopation, swing, improvisation, and explores the rhythm, horn, and wind sections.
TED-Ed
The Ballet that Incited a Riot
Imagine a ballet starting a riot! Igor Stravinsky's "The Rite of Spring" did just that. Find out why the audience was so outraged by the score, choreography, costuming, and sets in this tradition-breaking ballet.