Here’s the second instalment of Christmas-themed Clever Music Videos. The are four videos this week because I couldn’t narrow them down. The Best Version of the Hallelujah Chorus The monks from “St Francis De La Sissies” perform their unique version of the Hallelujah Chorus. There’s a very long introduction to this video, so I’ve linked [...]
This week’s Clever Music Videos post is the first of two Christmas-themed video collections. 12 Days of Christmas With A Twist Straight No Chaser perform their version of The 12 Days Of Christmas. Mr Bean Conducts… Mr Bean conducts a brass band playing God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen. Great video for showing students what it [...]
This week’s Clever Music Videos Of The Week instalment features two slow-motion videos. It’s fascinating to see what is really going on when you hit a drum or cymbal, or run a bow across a string! Snare and Cymbal in Super Slow Motion Bowed Violin String in Slow Motion
In an ongoing series, I’ll be sharing two or three of the clever music videos I come across each week. Enjoy! Blue Man Group: Pipes In this video, the Blue Man Group demonstrates how tubes of different length create different pitches. Useful when discussing how brass and woodwind instruments work. Vi Hart: Pachelbel’s Music Box [...]
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This is the first in a series of tutorial videos I’m calling Speedy PD and it shows you how to create intervals-type questions in Sibelius. Each video will be 5 minutes or less and
OK, I have a confession to make: I’ve been very slack in keeping my poor blog updated. I have plans for a redesign and a new blogging regime (I think they’ll be part of my New Year resolutions), so stay tuned for that in 2011. In the meantime, here is a catch-up post about the [...]
I’ve been creating “how-to” style video tutorials (“screencasts”) about music software programs for a number of months now. Whilst I would not consider myself an expert, I do receive some lovely compliments about the clarity and style of the videos I make. I also receive regular questions about how I go about making them and [...]
Well, I admit that it’s been a while between MuseScore videos but I’m hoping that I’ll be able to get 2 or 3 done this week (no promises though!). Anyway, here is tutorial 5 which covers copying and pasting music, adding lyrics and adding dynamics. Now on to tutorial 6…. [Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e55-YnhSk-s]
For inexperienced Sibelius users, one of the more complex (and misunderstood) tasks is to create drum parts from scratch. In a couple of earlier posts I described quick and easy ways to add drum parts to your score – by using the Ideas Hub (Sibelius 5 and 6 only), and by using the Add Drum [...]
Here’s the fourth installment in the 10-part video tutorial series about free music notation program MuseScore. This tutorial covers note entry with a MIDI keyboard and looks at the basics of playing back your score. It took me a little longer than hoped to find time to make this one. I’m aiming for a quicker [...]
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