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YouTube channels and types of videos with music and music education content

Channel creators/owners Types of videos
– music lovers and collectors – sound recordings
– music performers and crea- – sound only
tors – with visualization
– music labels and publishers – with sheet music
– cultural institutions – with music analysis
– television channels – music videos
– education associations and – music performance videos
institutions – music rehearsal videos and ‘behind the
– YouTubers as music teachers scenes’ moments
– music shows and festivals
– cartoons and videogames
– movies (including musicals) and do-
cumentaries
– speeches, discussions, debates, intervi-
ews, podcasts
– full-length lectures
– short video lessons a
– courses
– tutorials b
– master classes
– exams and quizzes
Opombi: This can refer to any music education content, especially in the
a
field of musicology and music theory. The type of video that focuses on the
b
practical acquisition of skills (e.g. playing, singing).
are the users responsible for uploading a great amount of the music ever recor-
ded, including works that belong to all periods and styles of music from all
over the world. In the last few years, many channels that belong to this catego-
ry have been banned and eliminated due to violations of YouTube communi-
ty guidelines and/or copyright violations. Regulation of legal aspects on You-
Tube happened only recently, and some of the channels existed for many years
without any legal consequences.
Regarding the content, we can divide music lovers’ and collectors’ channels
into several subcategories: (1) channels with sound recordings only, whilst the
visual aspect of the video is reduced to a photo of a vinyl record or CD cover, or
a photo of the artist, (2) channels with video recordings of original music per-
formances (concerts, live shows, etc.) and music videos, (3) channels with sou-
nd recordings accompanied by sheet music. All the subcategories can be used
in various teaching and learning settings, although they were not originally

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