James Levin, from www.SonicState.com, has just posted an interesting article about the ongoing "Clair de lune from Scratch" YouTube piano lesson series. Here's a small quote from the beginning of his article:

Hugh Sung's Youtube video series Clair de lune from Scratch is a great example of how social media can be used for music education.

So good, in fact, that it makes me wonder if this is the future of music education.

At first glance, Sung's video looks like just another Youtube "how to play" video.

Give it another look, though, and you'll find:

• The series is incredibly deep, with 24 videos so far;
• It's filmed from multiple angles, providing appropriate views for both his discussion of the music and his playing demonstrations;
• Sung includes links with his videos to a free PDF copy of the music that you can download;
• He makes use MusicReader, an application that lets him annotate the score as he discusses it;
• He doesn't assume anything about your knowledge of music, so he explains things like clefs along the way; and
• He's using the video comments section to respond to users questions, which range from technology questions to questions about interpretation.