Skylar Lim

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Guided listening to interesting extracts of Classical music with accompanied analysis and commentary for those who wish to dive deeper.

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How does one write something so heartbreaking?

How does one write something so heartbreaking? Skylar Lim

32.2K views - 3 days ago

This Mozart passage is absolute fire

This Mozart passage is absolute fire Skylar Lim

64K views - 3 weeks ago

Just French composers making fun of other composers

Just French composers making fun of other composers Skylar Lim

64.8K views - 1 month ago

These Bach dissonances are just outright insane.

These Bach dissonances are just outright insane. Skylar Lim

121.3K views - 1 month ago

This Renaissance composer was way ahead of his time

This Renaissance composer was way ahead of his time Skylar Lim

15.8K views - 1 month ago

Brahms really wrote some of the most gorgeous melodies

Brahms really wrote some of the most gorgeous melodies Skylar Lim

42.1K views - 1 month ago

This Strauss melody is heartbreakingly beautiful

This Strauss melody is heartbreakingly beautiful Skylar Lim

44.3K views - 3 months ago

The Piece that Changed Classical Music Forever

The Piece that Changed Classical Music Forever Skylar Lim

8.1K views - 3 months ago

When Liszt turned all weird

When Liszt turned all weird Skylar Lim

40.4K views - 4 months ago

Saint-Saëns's remarkably serene and beautiful melody

Saint-Saëns's remarkably serene and beautiful melody Skylar Lim

41.6K views - 4 months ago

This Tchaikovsky opening erupts out of nowhere

This Tchaikovsky opening erupts out of nowhere Skylar Lim

20.5K views - 4 months ago

Why this piece is so magnificently iconic

Why this piece is so magnificently iconic Skylar Lim

16.4K views - 5 months ago

It's hard not to fall in love with this piece

It's hard not to fall in love with this piece Skylar Lim

84.7K views - 5 months ago

How Haydn pulled off the best musical prank

How Haydn pulled off the best musical prank Skylar Lim

6.2K views - 5 months ago

How to write like Mozart

How to write like Mozart Skylar Lim

18.2K views - 6 months ago

This Chopin piece is beyond divine

This Chopin piece is beyond divine Skylar Lim

148.1K views - 6 months ago

This Shostakovich piece is absolutely insane

This Shostakovich piece is absolutely insane Skylar Lim

63.9K views - 7 months ago

Meow...? Skylar Lim

7.7K views - 7 months ago

What happens when romantic composers try to write like Chopin?

What happens when romantic composers try to write like Chopin? Skylar Lim

49.1K views - 7 months ago

This climax is just indescribable ecstasy

This climax is just indescribable ecstasy Skylar Lim

20.8K views - 7 months ago

When the music was inspired by a metronome

When the music was inspired by a metronome Skylar Lim

16.8K views - 8 months ago

Schubert's devastatingly beautiful melody

Schubert's devastatingly beautiful melody Skylar Lim

522.6K views - 8 months ago

Who knew Cinderella could sound so dark

Who knew Cinderella could sound so dark Skylar Lim

10.6K views - 8 months ago

This piece is not played enough at weddings

This piece is not played enough at weddings Skylar Lim

49.9K views - 8 months ago

Liszt isn’t always just bombastic and flashy

Liszt isn’t always just bombastic and flashy Skylar Lim

14.4K views - 9 months ago

Looks easy enough...oh wait

Looks easy enough...oh wait Skylar Lim

11K views - 9 months ago

6 more ways to depict water with a piano

6 more ways to depict water with a piano Skylar Lim

38.5K views - 9 months ago

This Liszt piece is absolutely sublime

This Liszt piece is absolutely sublime Skylar Lim

54.8K views - 10 months ago

Can you believe Mozart wrote this...?

Can you believe Mozart wrote this...? Skylar Lim

350.4K views - 10 months ago

I wrote a piece in the style of Mendelssohn

I wrote a piece in the style of Mendelssohn Skylar Lim

7.9K views - 10 months ago

When the music is bursting with melody

When the music is bursting with melody Skylar Lim

37K views - 10 months ago

What falling in love probably sounds like

What falling in love probably sounds like Skylar Lim

91.6K views - 11 months ago

Can this opening get any more badass?

Can this opening get any more badass? Skylar Lim

60K views - 11 months ago

Only Beethoven would dare to write something like this

Only Beethoven would dare to write something like this Skylar Lim

169.7K views - 11 months ago

When the clarinet sings like a human voice

When the clarinet sings like a human voice Skylar Lim

17K views - 1 year ago

How Chopin wrote a masterpiece with just two chords

How Chopin wrote a masterpiece with just two chords Skylar Lim

58.9K views - 1 year ago

How to harmonise a melody like Ravel

How to harmonise a melody like Ravel Skylar Lim

68.2K views - 1 year ago

This Bach passage is just heavenly

This Bach passage is just heavenly Skylar Lim

291.5K views - 1 year ago

When the parallel 5ths actually sound good

When the parallel 5ths actually sound good Skylar Lim

17.6K views - 1 year ago

I wrote a Brahms intermezzo

I wrote a Brahms intermezzo Skylar Lim

10.5K views - 1 year ago

How this music expresses intense love and desire

How this music expresses intense love and desire Skylar Lim

13.7K views - 1 year ago

Why this music is so famously spooky

Why this music is so famously spooky Skylar Lim

13.2K views - 1 year ago

Tchaikovsky's head-banging string writing

Tchaikovsky's head-banging string writing Skylar Lim

26.1K views - 1 year ago

What other lullaby could sound so beautiful?

What other lullaby could sound so beautiful? Skylar Lim

78.7K views - 1 year ago

Why this music sounds so ridiculous

Why this music sounds so ridiculous Skylar Lim

48.9K views - 1 year ago

Schumann’s extraordinarily sensitive love song

Schumann’s extraordinarily sensitive love song Skylar Lim

42.1K views - 1 year ago

Beethoven's strangest passage

Beethoven's strangest passage Skylar Lim

280.6K views - 1 year ago

Grieg's jewel of lyrical beauty

Grieg's jewel of lyrical beauty Skylar Lim

83.5K views - 1 year ago

When the melody is an ascending scale

When the melody is an ascending scale Skylar Lim

21.7K views - 1 year ago

This minuet is just sheer perfection

This minuet is just sheer perfection Skylar Lim

42.9K views - 1 year ago

Skylar Lim - Nasci (2023)

Skylar Lim - Nasci (2023) Skylar Lim

2.4K views - 1 year ago

Why Stravinsky's rhythms are so infectious

Why Stravinsky's rhythms are so infectious Skylar Lim

21.1K views - 1 year ago

Ravel's surreal orchestration

Ravel's surreal orchestration Skylar Lim

56.4K views - 1 year ago

No one expects a trill like this

No one expects a trill like this Skylar Lim

37.7K views - 1 year ago

Describe sunny Italy in music:

Describe sunny Italy in music: Skylar Lim

33.8K views - 1 year ago

The extreme beauty in this Ravel melody

The extreme beauty in this Ravel melody Skylar Lim

75.6K views - 1 year ago

Why this opening is so powerfully iconic

Why this opening is so powerfully iconic Skylar Lim

764.8K views - 1 year ago

6 ways to portray birds with a piano

6 ways to portray birds with a piano Skylar Lim

25.9K views - 1 year ago

When the piano is actually a guitar

When the piano is actually a guitar Skylar Lim

30.2K views - 1 year ago

An extremely evocative flute melody

An extremely evocative flute melody Skylar Lim

14.2K views - 1 year ago