How To: Play guitar like ZZ top and BB King
Learn how to play blues rock on the electric guitar. This lesson covers both chords and solos inspired by ZZ top and BB king.
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How To: Load and play actions in Photoshop CS2
In this video tutorial you will learn to load and play actions in Photoshop CS2. Actions are sets of recorded commands. They are particularly useful to perform repetitive or multi-stepped tasks. The examples in the video are available if you are a member, but even if you're not, the process you learn is the same for any action you want to import or use.
How To: Play Morkat Kombat Armageddon on the Wii
See how the Nintendo Wii's Nunchaku and Wiimote controllers make playing Mortal Kombat easier that ever. you can pull off special moves just by flicking your wrist.
How To: Use VLC free media player
Learn the basics of VLC player - a free media player that plays almost all video formats (including Flash .flv) as well as DVDs. Learn how to use VLC player to play videos and DVDs as well as how to adjust the aspect ratio, filter videos, or adjust audio quality.
How To: Play Why Did the Chicken...
Board game enthusiast Scott Nicholson reviews a new game each week showing you the pieces and rules of play, as well and demonstrating the game with friends. This weeks game, Why Did the Chicken..., is a party/group game about coming up with punch-lines to jokes.
How To: Play Santiago
Board game enthusiast Scott Nicholson reviews a new game each week showing you the pieces and rules of play, as well and demonstrating the game with friends. This weeks game, Santiago, is a strategy game involving auctioning, maintaining plantations and even working with other players at times.
How To: Play Heroscape
Board game enthusiast Scott Nicholson reviews a new game each week showing you the pieces and rules of play, as well and demonstrating the game with friends. This weeks game, Heroscape, is about buying and fighting with miniatures for kids and adults put out by Milton Bradley.
How To: Play a game of skeet shooting
This graphical video takes you step-by-step through the process of playing a game of skeet shooting. It goes over field layout and positioning and gives a good understanding of what to expect in an actual game or competition.
How To: Play songs if you're a beginner
Learning songs is the best way for a beginner guitarist to progress. Save learning scales and technical stuff for a little later. Besides this video, Justin gives some good recommendations for where to find songs and suggests staying away from the random "TAB" internet search since this won't help you learn if you're playing them wrong or not.
How To: Play the F chord
So you're getting pretty good now, and if you've been following Justin's progressional tutorials you know your major and minor chords and can strum. Now it's time to learn the dreaded F chord. Don't be alarmed, even though you have to hold down two strings with one finger, it is a very nice chord and leads later to playing barre chords.
How To: Play melodic patterns
Melodic Patterns are number games that can be applied to scales to open the scale up to new and creative ways to play them. They also create fingering challenges that must be overcome, increasing your technical ability. The following video shows 5 patterns applied to the Major Scale - but these patterns can be applied to any scale.
How To: Play 9th chords
This guitar lesson covers two shapes of the 9th chord (dominant). They are great substitutes for the regular 7th chords you might use in a normal blues. Any time you would normally play a 7th chord you could substitute it for a 9th chord.
How To: Arpeggiate
In this part of Justin's guitar series on "Jazzing up your blues" you learn to link the two arpeggios playing eight notes on each one and changing to the nearest note of the following arpeggio. This lesson is great for learning to make chord changes but you absolutely must be able to play arpeggios by heart to start on this lesson.
How To: Play walking bass in jazz blues
In this guitar lesson Justin goes over walking bass when playing jazz blues. This is a great technique to get down, it sounds real cool when you get it swinging.
How To: Play classical harmonics
This classical approach to harmonics is very useful. It is used in many other contemporary acoustic styles and sometimes on electric guitar, though not as often. Watch and learn from Justin how to play classical harmonics.
How To: Play "Times Like These" by Jack Johnson
In this guitar lesson, Justin teaches you how to play this funky Jack Johnson song ("Times Like These") that uses E shape barre chords and a cool percussive strumming pattern.
How To: Play "Crossroads"
In this video Justin teaches you how to play the Eric Clapton verison of the Robert Johnston song "Crossroads" on electric guitar.
How To: Play "7 Nation Army"
In this video you will learn how to break down and play "7 Nation Army" by the White Stripes. Justin will show you two different versions - the original and an easier version.
How To: Play "With a Little Help from my Friends"
In this tutorial you will learn how to play The Beatles classic "With a Little Help from my Friends" on guitar. This is sort of a strum-along version without all the riffs so it should be easy to follow.
How To: Play "American Idiot"
"American Idiot" by Green Day is a pretty straight forward song to play and Justin breaks it down for you in this video. There are a few tricky parts and he approximates some parts but you'll get the gyst.
How To: Play Knockin' on Heavens Door, Hey Joe & Wild Thing
So you've just started learning guitar and you know you need to practice your scales and your chords but you really want to try playing some songs. Well, in this video, Justin gives you some simple versions of Wild Thing, Knockin' on Heavens Door and Hey Joe.
How To: Play "Mr. Jones"
In this video you'll learn how to play "Mr. Jones" by Counting Crows. It's a good song for blending open chords with your bar code F.
How To: Play "Tears in the Rain"
Justin has put together another song tutorial and this time he's showing you how to play "Tears in the Rain" by Joe Satriani. This is great practice for getting chord stretches and proper fingering.
How To: Play "Drugs Don't Work"
This song has some interesting variations on open chords so it's a good song to learn if you're a more advanced guitarist. Watch and learn how to play "Drugs Don't Work" by The Verve.
How To: Play the spoons
Play the spoons with tips from the BeeBeeBeeQueen. She shows you how to use these common household items as a musical instrument. Portable drums, yah! She's quirky and we like her use of red duct tape.
How To: Play against loose aggressive players in Texas Hold'em
This is the easiest to recognize and one of the most dangerous to play against. They are tough to read, so pick your hands wiser and call less often.
How To: Play no limit Texas Hold'em pre flop
Learn what to play before the first round of betting. Understand how to bet, when to bet, and in what increments to better your position and your hand.
How To: Play the drop shot
Tennis pro Brad Gilbert discusses and illustrates how to play the drop shot. The drop shots discussed are the forehand and backhand drop shots. Tips appear throughout the video in the form of popups. Easy to understand video.
How To: Play Latin patterns on the piano
This video is a demonstration of how to play latin patterns on the piano. A merengue pattern and a salsa pattern are demonstrated in Cmin. The patterns start simply and gradually become more complex.
How To: Play A Thousand Miles by Vanessa Carlton on Piano
This video is a demonstration of how to play A Thousand Miles by Vanessa Carlton on piano. This video is a slow performance of the piece with the video over the performer's hands so you can learn by watching.
How To: Play Over My Head Cable Car by The Fray on piano
This video is a demonstration of how to play Over My Head Cable Car by The Fray on piano. This video is a slow performance of the piece with the view over the pianists' hands so you can learn by watching.
How To: Play Roulette
Watch and learn how to play Roulette from the Sahara Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. A great tutorial video that gives you the essentials for this fun and addictive game.
How To: Play the "Who Dunnit" Slot Machine
Learn how to play a popular, new slot machine. This segment features the Who Dunnit slot machine.
How To: Play the hybrid champion Blitzcrank in League of Legends
Blitzcrank is a steam golem champion with electrical abilities in League of Legends. His most unique ability is Rocket Grab, an ability that allows him to reach out and grab his enemies to bring them in close to a tower or for a kill. Learn how to abuse Blitzcrank's rocket grab and his other abilities to gank lanes and win games with this champion spotlight from Riot Games.
How To: Play a piano song using three major chords for beginners
The first couple of months of learning a new instrument are often the most challenging - and boring. That's because rather than focusing on pounding out songs, you're instead practicing chord progressions, major and minor scales, and finger work.
How To: Put Gameboy emulator (Gba) on your Blackberry Storm
Well your friend's won't stop dissing your BlackBerry Storm, and you need to show them it can actually play some games. This video shows how-to install the Gameboy emulator on your BlackBerry Storm so that you can play a whole host of cool video games. This method is pretty simple and requires your smart phone be connected to your PC, and that you go and get some software as described in the video. Give it a try and show them you ARE cool!
How To: Play "Here Comes Santa Claus" on the guitar for Christmas
Some people can't stand Christmas carols or Christmas songs. We kind of understand - after all, many radio stations play holiday music - and nothing but - from the first week of November until New Years. That's a whole lot of "Jingle Bells."
How To: Use sidechaining in Logic Pro
In this video, we learn how to use sidechaining in Logic Pro. The idea is that one sound will cancel out another. For example, when the kick comes then the bass will disappear. To do this, first set up an ultra beat using a multiple out with the preset kit. From here, you can send this to it's own channel on the mixing base. If you go back to the mixer, you will see the ultrabeat and can create a new channel that links directly from this. Do this by clicking the "+" symbol. After this, conver...
How To: Play "Easy Target" by Blink 182 on acoustic guitar
Want to perform an unplugged version of Blink 182's "Easy Target"? See how it's done with this free video guitar lesson, which presents a complete breakdown of the song and its chords. While this tutorial is geared toward those who already have some knowledge of the guitar, players of all skill level should be able to follow along given adequate time and effort. For more information, and to get started playing "Easy Target" on your own acoustic guitar, take a look!
How To: Play "My Heart" by Paramore on acoustic guitar
Want to perform an unplugged version of Paramore's "My Heart"? See how it's done with this free video guitar lesson, which presents a complete breakdown of the song and its chords. While this tutorial is geared toward those who already have some knowledge of the guitar, players of all skill level should be able to follow along given adequate time and effort. For more information, and to get started playing "My Heart" on your own acoustic guitar, take a look!