News: Make the World a More Peaceful Place: Play the Ukulele
Another TED speaker featured today: Ukulele guru Jake Shimabukuro shares his thoughts and incredible skill in the videos below.
Another TED speaker featured today: Ukulele guru Jake Shimabukuro shares his thoughts and incredible skill in the videos below.
Yuto Miyazawa kicks ass at electric guitar. Seriously, this kid is out of this world. What other nine-year-old is invited to perform Crazy Train, on stage, with Rock-n-Roll God Ozzy Osbourne?
There are many NES mods on the internet, but this one is pretty awesome. From Ben Heck forum:
For those of you who have never viewed an actual child birth, be forewarned. It is a miracle. It is not pretty.
I for one, doubted the existence of circular breathing. Come on. Breathing in, while also breathing out. That seems as impossible as perpetual motion or urinating while drinking.
Welcome to the Rudi Latka's Soccer School. The basic dive is best done at speed so the referee can't see what's happened. As you approach your opponent, flick the ball past them, and then as you pass the player dive upwards and then turn in the air slightly before landing. As you land look towards the ref with puppy dog eyes in order to secure the free kick. Dive while playing soccer.
Snowmobilers make a lot of noise and annoy a lot of people (like me). So it is with some glee that I recommend this video on how to rescue a submerged snowmobile. That said, there is a leisurely beauty to this 8 minute and 37 second piece. It takes the appropriate time to tell the whole story without fancy editing. The natural questioning of a little boy becomes perfect play by play narration.
Having a tough time trying to read your opponents in a poker game? In this how to video, Daniel Negreanu, World Series of Poker Champion, teaches you the the physical tells along with betting patterns to help you read your opponents and become a better Texas Hold'em poker player. Rely on your knowledge and your gut, along with some of these tips, and enhance your poker skills in your next game. Read your opponent when playing Texas Hold'em.
In this video music lesson, our expert Frances Joseph Santori will teach you how to play the cello. You will learn the basics of cello playing, including such important tips as how to store your cello and cello bow, how to hold the cello and bow, and bowing techniques. Play the cello - Part 1 of 23.
Do you think playing guitar is that easy? It takes time and effort to learn the basic to extreme skills for playing a guitar! But you're lucky, simply because I will make everything easy for you by teaching you how to play guitar, my friend!
Playing your favorite songs by Twisted Sister on the guitar is not as difficult as it seems. With this tutorial you can learn how to play "I Wanna Rock" by Twisted Sister on the acoustic guitar. This lesson is geared towards intermediate guitarists because it assumes prior knowledge of guitar playing. Marty Schwartz covers the strumming pattern as well as the chord structure for "I Wanna Rock." Watch this how to video and you will be able to sing and play "I Wanna Rock" by Twisted Sister. Pla...
Have you wanted to be a great violinist? Take some important first steps with these free video clips on playing violin in G melodic minor. Play the G melodic minor scale on the violin - Part 1 of 15.
Have you wanted to be a great violinist? Take some important first steps with these free video clips on playing violin in F melodic minor. Play the melodic F minor scale on the violin - Part 1 of 15.
Thsi video lesson is on chord embellishments, specifically the use of suspended 2 and suspended 4 chords as little enhancements. Using these easy, little chords as substitutions will enhance your rhythm playing. Hopefully, this will aid in your strumming effectiveness too. We'll learn how to play the chords in 3 different positions each, and how to play them up the neck.
If you have never played recorder before, (or if 3rd grade was a long time ago) this lesson should help you learn the basics of recorder playing: how to play all the notes and how to fix the squeaks. Play beginning recorder.
This video is designed to teach you how to play Ode to Joy (from Beethoven's 9th Symphony.) Remember to play with your left hand on top. You may need to pause and replay parts to get the hang of it. Play "Ode To Joy" on the recorder.
Learn to play, "It will come to pass". Following the chord progression and discovering a few tricks that pianist use to make their songs sound fuller and more exciting will make your piano playing another step better! Play "It will come to pass" by Rizen.
The violin is one of the most important melodic instruments in history. Learn C Major scale arpeggios on it in this free video clip series. Play C-major arpeggios on the violin - Part 1 of 15.
Learn what types of playing cards make up a playing card deck and the different manufacturers in this free magic trick video. Know and use different playing cards for card tricks - Part 1 of 15.
The violin is one of the most important melodic instruments in history. Learn A Minor scale arpeggios on it in this free video clip series. Play an A minor scale arpeggio on the violin - Part 1 of 15.
The violin is one of the most important melodic instruments in history. Learn A Major scale arpeggios on it in this free video clip series. Play an A major arpeggio on the violin - Part 1 of 15.
Today, in this video, you're going to learn how to make a simple program that can allow you to play stuff backwards, like a song, with Xcode and AppleScript on your Mac OS X computer. This application will be well worth showing off to your friends.
Learn how to play chord inversions on the acoustic guitar. Inversions can be used as alternatives or substitutes to create a little different sound in the songs we play. I'll introduce some easy chord inversions for some common chords. Play chord inversions on the acoustic guitar.
The objective of this lesson is to break up the same old up and down strumming pattern and sound better. Otherwise your playing can sound the same after a while even though your playing different tunes. By adding rundowns, fill-ins, and alternating bass notes, we can take ordinary strumming up to a more advanced level. Play fill-ins and rundowns on the acoustic guitar.
Tuning your flute is often necessary to get the right sound. Other common problems with flutes are addressed in this series as well. Play blues on a flute in Eb (E flat) - Part 1 of 16.
An experienced player, Kiely Griffin first teaches you about blues music and how you can encorporate that in playing your flute. Play blues on a flute in F major - Part 1 of 16.
In this series of game console videos, our electronic expert tells you how to use your playstation to watch videos and listen to music. Tony Ramirez demonstrates the easy way to set up your playstation to play dvds and mp3s. You can also use this formerly one-dimensional component to surf the internet and import and view photos. Play video and music on Playstation 3 - Part 1 of 14.
This is a game played by 2 players. It cannot be played by more than 2 players and is played using 30 cards. Regular jokers have no role here. However there are 2 additional jokers, the seven of hearts which is the big joker and the seven of spades which is the small joker.
This video teaches a simple chord progression consisting of 4 simple chords, G, Em, C and D to learn up to 5 songs. The principle I will illustrate in this video is that popular music often is based on standard chord patterns, or intervals. To demonstrate this, I will play the end part of Led Zeppelin's "Stairway To Heaven" and go right into Jimmy Hendrix's "All Along The Watchtower" -- without changing chords or tempo!
Learn how to use the frets to find and play sharps and flats on guitar. Play flats and sharps on guitar.
How to set up a virtual drive using Daemon Tools. This will allow you to play games without a CD (among other things). Play a game without a CD with Daemon Tools.
Cogswap is a .elf program that allows you to play burned Playstation 2 (PS2) games on a non modded PS2 console. Here's how to use it. Use cogswap to play burned games on a PS2.
This video demonstrates the basic of the popular card game euchre.There are quite a few rules and variations to this game. Play euchre card game.
This tutorial shows how to play and score gin rummy. It is a great game for 2 people or more. It differs from regular rummy in many ways. This is a great way to spend a cold evening at home. Play and score gin rummy.
Blind golf is played all over the world and the first match was believed to have been played in America in the 1920's. Current British champion Simon Cookson explains what it's all about. Basically you need a sighted partner to point you in the right direction and give you distances, and a club laid upon the grass next to the ball can be used by the partially sighted in targeting the shot. Play golf if you're partially sighted.
This video is a jazz chord progression lesson. In this lesson some of the more basic barre chords are introduced, and we build upon that with a few more types of chord forms. Once you learn the chord forms, they can be played at any fret (in any key) just like the previous barre chord forms Play jazz chords on the acoustic guitar.
Learn how to play the worldwide hit song "Pretty Woman" by Roy Orbison on the bass guitar. Play "Pretty Woman" by Roy Orbison on the bass guitar.
Funky Fabián "Fab" Nuñez Seixa gets footloose - find out how to fly freely about the court in this fine film. Side step and cross step while playing tennis.
Have you always wanted to play the drums but have been worried that your poor coordination is more likely to injure than impress someone? Don't worry as we are going to show you an rock drum beat that anyone can play with just ten minutes practice! Impress on the drums.
Learn how to play the banjo classic "Cripple Creek" in this instructional video. This song is especially great for beginners due to its slow speed and easy notes. Play the banjo classic Cripple Creek.