Videos

A collection of videos to inspire, teach, and encourage.

The Piano Guys - All of Me

Written when Jon was about 21, All of Me is one of his most popular original tunes. Jon says about his song, "You've probably never played a song like this before. It will have you playing with your forearms, for one thing. That's one reason it's called 'All of Me.'"

Nathan Alef - Love Somebody (Maroon 5)

Nathan Alef's cover of Love Somebody by Maroon 5.

Winifred Atwell - Dixie Boogie

'Dixie Boogie' is another of Atwell's own compositions based on the traditional song, 'Dixie's Land.' According to Wikipedia, "Una Winifred Atwell was a Trinidadian pianist who enjoyed great popularity in Britain and Australia from the 1950s with a series of boogie-woogie and ragtime hits, selling over 20 million records. She was the first black person to have a number-one hit in the UK Singles Chart and is still the only female instrumentalist to do so."

Improvised Jazz Duet

Need some improvisation inspiration? This video is a spontaneous jazz duet filmed on the street with Frans Bak.

Fazil Say - Ah vous dirai-je maman (Mozart)

Fazil Say, a Turkish pianist performs Ah vous dirai-je maman  - also known as Twinkle Twinkle, Little Star - 12 Variations on Piano by Mozart.

Anita Collins - How Playing an Instrument Benefits Your Brain

When you listen to music, multiple areas of your brain become engaged and active. But when you actually play an instrument, that activity becomes more like a full-body brain workout. What's going on? Anita Collins explains the fireworks that go off in musicians' brains when they play, and examines some of the long-term positive effects of this mental workout.

Tim Hanson - How to Read Music

Like an actor's script, a sheet of music instructs a musician on what to play (the pitch) and when to play it (the rhythm). Sheet music may look complicated, but once you've gotten the hang of a few simple elements like notes, bars and clefs, you're ready to rock. Tim Hansen hits the instrumental basics you need to read music.

Annie Bosler & Don Greene - How to
​Practice Effectively

Mastering any physical skill takes practice. Practice is the repetition of an action with the goal of improvement, and it helps us perform with more ease, speed, and confidence. But what does practice actually do to make us better at things? Annie Bosler and Don Greene explain how practice affects the inner workings of our brains.