Lookin' to improve yer chops? How 'bout yer licks? This free video guitar lesson is so great, it'll improve your chops AND your licks! It presents a detailed overview of how to get started jamming and soloing in a D blues scale on an electric guitar. Take a look.
Check out this guitar tutorial on how to plug a screw hole in an electric guitar or guitar neck. Grab the necessary tools and follow the simple step by step instructions outlined in this instructional video. Plug a screw hole in an electric guitar with this how to video and customoize your personal guitar!
Check out this instructional electric guitar video with Zakk Wylde that teaches you about the pentatonic scales, chicken pickin' and licks, and some vibrato. Before you begin the lesson, tune your guitar with Ozzy Osbourne's guitarist, Zakk Wylde. This tutorial video covers the basics of playing the electric guitar and covers the vibrato and the pentatonic scales. With this lesson and a bit of practice, improve your electric guitar playing skills by learning from one of the best, Zakk Wylde!
Check out this instructional electric guitar video that teaches you about the slap and pop technique and puts it into some chordal work. The slap and pop techniques are commonly used with pull-offs and hammer-ons with the fretting (left) hand, to further increase the rate at which notes may be played. This is Season 3, Episode 35 of Dave Weiner's Riff of the Week series called "Slap & Pop Evolved with Chords." Dave Weiner is a Favored Nations recording artist, a G.I.T. graduate, and has been ...
Check out this instructional electric guitar video that teaches you about the slap and pop technique. The slap and pop techniques are commonly used with pull-offs and hammer-ons with the fretting (left) hand, to further increase the rate at which notes may be played. This is Season 3, Episode 34 of Dave Weiner's Riff of the Week series called "Slap & Pop Evolved For Guitar." Dave Weiner is a Favored Nations recording artist, a G.I.T. graduate, and has been playing in Steve Vai's band since 19...
Check out this instructional electric guitar video that shows you how to derive a song from its rhythm. This is part 42 of Dave Weiner's Riff of the Week series titled "I've Got Rhythm." With this lesson and a bit of practice, improve your electric guitar playing skills by learning how to create a song's rhythm.
Check out this instructional electric guitar video that shows you how to play a repetitive metal, rock, or blues riff. If you listen to Megadeth, you will recognize this tune that had Marty Friedman playing this riff. This is one of those fun, repetitive patterns you hear in metal, rock and blues songs. Improve your guitar skills by watching this short tutorial video to learn how to play this electric guitar riff.
Learn how to play Power Chords in this two part guitar lesson. This how to video Power Chords with a 6th string root note. You will learn about muting the strings and about root notes too. Watch this tutorial and you will be playing power chords in no time.
Learn how to play this fairly easy riff from "Sweet Child of Mine" by Guns n Roses on the electric guitar with this music tutorial. This step by step video is for the intermediate guitar player.
In this electric guitar tutorial video we work with a single string doing alternate picking and pull offs. Single string pulloffs on electric guitar are an invaluable skill for any rocker.
In this video tutorial episode of "Techniques with Todd" we talk about single string technique. Single string electric guitar techniques are important for getting the heavy metal sound or just to impress others with your fast fingers.
Learn from Kristofer Dahl how to play a screaming electric guitar solo like Kirk Hammett of Metallica.
Learn how to change the pickup on a Fender Stratocaster electric guitar.
Learn how to play basic jazz progressions on the electric guitar. Improve your technique and improvise on the guitar.
Learn how to play a descending scale riff on the electric guitar.
A lesson on how to make your regular electric guitar sound like Sitar using a paper clip!!!!
This episode features guitar tech Steve Soest showing us how to adjust the action (bridge adjustment) on our electric guitar.
Replacing an electric cooling fan requires removing other auto parts first. Learn how to remove and replace the cooling fan in these free auto repair video instructions.
Everyone wants to be a rock star! Grab your electric guitar and get ready to rock. This guitar lick is in the key of D. The tuning is "Drop D", just tune your low E to D. Hit the low D twice. Next slide from the third fret to the fifth fret. Now go down to the A string and the third fret (C). Repeat these notes three times. Then mute check for a three count. For the next part move up two frets for the all of the riff. This riffs are great for southern style rock and alternative rock. The vide...
To play a guitar riff is to do more than simply to memorize a short musical phrase. Guitar riffs are like any other musical exercise; practicing them can be a terrific means of building manual dexterity and improving your overall playing technique. We can say of riffs, then, that they are not so much about rote repetition as making available to the guitarist new and different ways of playing. Every new riff you learn will make you a more able and versatile guitarist and better equip you to st...
Do you ever lose your house keys? Well here is one extreme way of dealing with the problem, create your own lock pick! To create your own lock pick, you will need your own dremel, an electric grinder, and some hack saws. Follow along with this instructional how-to video to learn how to hack open locks with homemade lock picks.
Are you thinking of trading in your 6mpg Hummer for something a little more efficient? Well, if you've got an electric or hybrid car in mind, this video will show you how to make a choice that works for you. With a little program called Electric Car Calculator, you can determine if the savings are worth it for you to get into one of today's hybrid or electric cars.
Power tools can make an household repair job a breeze. Learn how to use and maintain an electric hand drill with expert tips in this free video series.
Does an electric racing go-kart sound like something you could have in your life? We thought so too. This video will walk you through how one man built what he calls the Neurotikart, an insanely fast DIY electric go-kart that will thrill you without making you cough up two-stroke fumes for a week afterwards.
Marty Schwartz teaches novice guitar players how to play Pearl Jam's "Black." Whether you can read sheet music or not, this is a great video for those who are trying to master playing the guitar. Marty moves slowly through the song, giving chord by chord finger instruction; you will never feel lost during this tutorial, and Marty's laid back persona will help you feel completely comfortable and confident while learning to play this fan favorite song that you will soon be able to play for all ...
If you're looking for Easter Eggs in the Xbox 360 hit, Fallout 3, this next tutorial will show you one that is quite shocking. In this video you'll be going after the electric toilet that can only be found at Hubris Comics. It's a regular toilet but is wired to 35 microfusion cells. Try to drink from it and you'll lose some health thanks to a little shock. Now if you're repair skill is high enough, you can actually disarm the toilet and take the cells with you. But first, you need to find it ...
Check out this instructional electric guitar video that shows you how to play a seven string electric guitar riff. This is part 36 of Dave Weiner's Riff of the Week series titled "The DW75." This video also provides an overview of the DiMarzio D Sonic 7 String guitar and some of its capabilities and features. With this lesson and a bit of practice, improve your electric guitar playing skills by learning to play this seven-string guitar electric riff.
Using an electric pottery kiln requires knowledge of the equipment and proper maintenance. Learn how to use an electric pottery kiln in this free ceramics video series.
One of the roles our government has taken on is to provide us with information to be used in making decisions.
Need to keep people out of your precious room? Tired of all of those "do not disturb" signs not working? Locks just aren't cutting it these days? Safeguard your privacy with your very own electric fence. Remember Jurassic Park, when the kid got zapped by the electric fence? Think that, but in the doorway of your room.
Playing popular songs on the guitar is not as difficult as it seems. With this tutorial you can learn how to play "TNT" by AC/DC on the electric guitar. This lesson is geared towards intermediate guitarists because it assumes prior knowledge of guitar playing. Marty Schwartz covers the finger picking as well as the chord structure for "TNT." Watch this how to video and you will be able to sing and play "TNT" by AC/DC.
Watch this guitar tutorial video to learn how to play "Sometimes You Can't Make it on Your Own" by U2 on electric guitar. Instruction includes names of chords. Beginners will have no trouble learning how to play U2's "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" on electric guitar by watching this helpful how-to video.
Learn how to play the introduction to "Breathe" by Pink Floyd on the electric guitar.
Learn from Kristofer Dahl how to play a screaming electric guitar solo in the sylte of Zakk Wylde.
Learn how to chicken pick on electric guitar the country/bluegrass way from Kristofer Dahl.
Learn how to make your electric guitar sound like a church bell or a banjo.
Just like in sports, you must warm up before starting to play. Bobby Crispy shows you the proper way to warm up before playing the electric guitar.
Learn from Perry Novak how to build your own electric solid body mandolin. Instruction is very detailed. This project is not for people who are not familiar with power tools.
This how-to video shows how to build your own electric motorcycle; a nice way to change from gas to batteries to save the environment. There is lots of welding, but the key to welding is dropping the piece and checking if it stays together. Spindles and sprockets must align and then you are set. Check out this video customization tutorial and learn how to convert a motorcycle to electric power.
Want to play Aerosmith's "Walk This Way" on the electric guitar? See how it's done with this free video guitar lesson, which presents a complete breakdown of the song and its chords in tab notation. 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 this Aerosmith song on your own guitar, watch this video tutorial.
