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Table 6
Harmony content on YouTube channels

Topics that are included in the curriculum Topics that are not included in the curriculum
of secondary music schools in Croatia of secondary music schools in Croatia
four-part harmony (Rick Beato, Music Mat­ harmonic progressions in popular and jazz
ters, Nahre Sol) music (Nahre Sol, Adam Neely)
figured bass (Music Matters) advanced jazz harmony (David Bruce), the
voice leading and dissonance treatment levels of jazz harmony (Adam Neely)
(Adam Neely) concepts of jazz-reharmonization (Rick Bea-
harmonic analysis (Music Matters) to, Adam Neely)
types of cadences and cadence chords (Music tritone substitution (Rick Beato)
Matters) negative harmony (Rick Beato, Adam Neely,
the Neapolitan chord (Music Matters, Adam Nahre Sol)
Neely) harmonic analysis of famous rock compositi-
Italian, French, and German augmented sixth ons (Inside the Score)
chords (Nahre Sol, Music Matters) harmonization of human speech (Adam
the Tristan chord (Inside the score) Neely)
non-chord tones (Music Matters) subharmonic music (Adam Neely)
secondary dominants (Music Matters) harmonic blocks (Nahre Sol)
enharmonic equivalence (Music Matters)
melody harmonization (Music Matters)
modulations using common chord (Music Nikolina Matoš, Srđan Stanojević ◆ The educational potential of YouTube channels for teaching and learning music
Matters)

included in the Ear Training curriculum. Adam Neely explains the concept
of irrational measures and polyrhythm, and he discusses the fastest and the
slowest tempo ‘humanly possible’. David Bruce talks about the rhythm in swing
music, the use of metric modulation, irrational time signatures and rhythms,
negative rhythms, and the rhythms that are ‘impossible to write down’. Regar-
ding musical forms and musicological content in general, YouTube creators do
not consider classical music superior to other types of music, and in addition to
classical pieces, they provide analyses of popular, film, and video game music.
They teach about the process of composing various musical forms (Nahre Sol),
as well as using various compositional tools and techniques such as composing
with noise or making music with only one note (David Bruce Composer). The
subject of Harmony is also represented with various topics that are not inclu-
ded in the official curriculum (Table 6).
Moreover, in their reflections on music and music education, creators express
their thoughts, and they share some personal confessions, describing their pri-
vate and professional life path. Nahre Sol talks affirmatively about music edu-
cation, speaking of Juilliard as ‘the best music school in the world’, wherein she
frequented unforgettable lectures, and gained numerous experiences. On the
other hand, she argues that the music education system often does not provi-
de a sufficiently broad view on music as an art form. She also advises users on
how to listen to classical music, especially regarding the emotional experiences
of the listener. Adam Neely is probably the most productive of all the creators

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