Education

Writing a 4 part harmony can be very difficult if you don't understand the basic principles behind voice leading and arrangement. There are countless rules one must follow to emulate the stylings of Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven. But these rules are not ne...

Today we're playing a 400-year-old piece on both the lute (the instrument for which it was written) and the classical guitar.

When Loren Allred went on Britain's Got Talent a few months ago, very few people knew that she was the actual singer of the iconic song NEVER ENOUGH from the movie The Greatest Showman. Her performance won her the golden buzzer, Simon Cowell's heart, and...

Use these 5 beginner piano exercises to GET THOSE FINGERS MOVING. Perfect for sitting at the piano, having fun and playing some actual piano music whilst also developing your core skills.

Winner of the 1970 Chopin International Piano Competition, pianist Garrick Ohlsson is regarded as one of the world's leading performers of the music of Frédéric Chopin.

Equipped with an arsenal of technical advice and practice tips for every passage, tricks for memorization, and a rich understanding of the work's history, Jon Kimura Parker delivers a detailed workshop on Grieg's monumental first movement cadenza from the...

Mozart was famous for his melodies, and the first movement of his F Major Sonata, K. 332, is full of them. Join Sara Davis Buechner as she shows you with characteristic wit how to make your fingers sing in this memorable piece.

Beethoven grew up in the wake of the American Revolution, came of age during the French Revolution, and witnessed the subsequent Napoleonic Wars.

“There are no rules in Bach.” For Simone Dinnerstein, there is no one right way to play Bach – or any piece for that matter. There are no rules, but you may establish your own through an endlessly renewable process of experimentation. Therein lies the ple...

César Franck was born on the very day Beethoven finished his 9th Symphony, so perhaps he was predestined to develop a close relationship with music of the past.

In this lesson, American pianist Barbara Nissman guides you through one of Bartók's most popular and influential piano works, the 'Allegro Barbaro.' Nissman, who literally wrote the book on playing Bartók's piano music, reveals the historical context in w...

A Boomwhacker is a musical instrument in the idiophone percussion family. They are lightweight, hollow, color-coded, plastic tubes, tuned to a musical pitch by length. They were first produced by Craig Ramsell through his company Whacky Music in 1995.

Learn from the iconic singer Christina Aguilera as she walks you through 'At Last' by Etta James.

Garrick Ohlsson on proper pedaling technique.

From the Jerusalem Music Centre's Archives: Historic Masterclass with the legendary pianist Arthur Rubinstein at the Jerusalem Music Centre (1978).

Join the late Leon Fleisher (1928-2020) in a master class on the famous opening phrase of Beethoven's Fourth Concerto to tonebase Head of Piano, Ben Laude.