There are few projects that are so simple, and so immediately rewarding, as learning to play a favorite song on the guitar. Not only is it a wonderful way to pass the time but, by learning to play your favorite songs and riffs, you'll be better able to articulate (and otherwise translate) your musical ideas into great-sounding songs. Before you can play a favorite song, however, you'll need to be in tune with it: In this guitar lesson, you'll learn how to tune a guitar down a half-step. For m...
If you are looking to improve your classical piano technique then this three part how to video is the place to start. You will learn how to practice and study Chopin's nocturne number 20 in C# minor. This detailed lesson goes over where to place the accents, analyzes the dynamics and legato playing technique. This piano tutorial teaches you the best way to practice it so you can Chopin's nocturne no.20 quickly and easily. This piece is not for beginner students, this lesson is directed to adv...
Rugby is a popular sport in the United Kingdom, descending from soccer and resembling American football. Learn how to play rugby, including rules and skills, in this video rugby lesson.
Learn how to play a modified version of the live intro of the Keith Urban song "You'll Think of Me" on guitar. This guitar tutorial is geared towards intermediate guitarists. For "You'll Think of Me" you will need a capo on the 2nd fret. With this easy to follow how to video you can play and sing along to "You'll Think of Me" by Keith Urban.
This tutorial is designed to help you play famous riffs by Bjork on the piano or keyboard. These songs aren't taught in a literal or mechanical fashion but rather is taught to grasp the song's structural parameters & essence. This video include riffs from Human Behaviour, Joga, Bachelorette, The Modern Things, Army of Me, It's Oh So Quiet, & Isobel. This how to video is for beginner to intermediate piano students. With this lesson you will be able to play famous riffs by Bjork on piano.
The ukulele is a beautiful and unique stringed instrument that is perfect for the traveling musician because it is so portable and relatively inexpensive. The ukelele is a version of a small guitar that originated in Hawaii. In this tutorial you will learn how to play Spanish piece on the ukulele. Once you get a hang of this beginner song you can impress your friends with this easy Spanish song on your uke.
The ukulele is a beautiful and unique stringed instrument that is perfect for the traveling musician because it is so portable and relatively inexpensive. The ukelele is a version of a small guitar that originated in Hawaii. In this tutorial, ukulele master, Gordon Mark shows us one of his techniques for playing classical music on his KoAloha ukulele. Once you get a hang of this technique you will be able to play some easy songs on the uke.
The ukulele is a beautiful and unique stringed instrument that is perfect for the traveling musician because it is so portable and relatively inexpensive. The ukelele is a version of a small guitar that originated in Hawaii. In this tutorial you will learn how to play "Times Like These" by the Foo Fighters on the ukulele.Once you get a hang of this beginner song you can impress your friends with this rendition of "Times Like These" by the Foo Fighters on your uke.
The ukulele is a beautiful and unique stringed instrument that is perfect for the traveling musician because it is so portable and relatively inexpensive. The ukelele is a version of a small guitar that originated in Hawaii. In this ukulele tutorial you will learn how to play "Button Up Your Overcoat" by DeSylva, Brown, and Henderson. Once you get a hang of this song you can impress your friends by playing "Button Up Your Overcoat" on the ukulele.
The ukulele is a beautiful and unique stringed instrument that is perfect for the traveling musician because it is so portable and relatively inexpensive. The ukelele is a version of a small guitar that originated in Hawaii. In this how to video, Aaron shows you a real common and fun chord progression on your ukulele. Once you get a hang of this technique you will be able to play some easy songs on the uke.
The ukulele is a beautiful and unique stringed instrument that is perfect for the traveling musician because it is so portable and relatively inexpensive. The ukelele is a version of a small guitar that originated in Hawaii. In this tutorial you will learn how to play the traditional Hawaiian vamp chord progression on the ukulele. Once you get a hang of this technique you will be able to play some easy songs on the uke.
Wii Saber is a new MAC program that allows the player to hook up a Wii remote to the MAC OSX and play lightsaber games. Finally, the long-awaited union of MAC and Star Wars nerds. Watch this video computer tutorial and learn how to play lightsaber on a MAC with a Nintendo Wii remote.
Do you dream of standing on stage in front of millions of fans with a guitar in your hand? You could make this dream come true, if only you could play the guitar! This guitar tutorial series from Robert Renman teaches you the basics of guitar playing along with a few beginner and intermediate techniques. You can learn how to play octaves on the guitar with this lesson. This octave technique is used in many songs. You can be jamming on the electric guitar to your favorite tunes, or even write ...
Want to impress your friends by whipping out your guitar and strumming some of their favorite tunes the next time you are at a party? This acoustic guitar lesson teaches you how to play the Police song "Roxanne." Once you get a hang of these popular guitar chords and tunes, you can start incorporating them into your own songs. With this how to video and a bit of practice you will be able to play "Roxanne" by the Police on the guitar. And who knows, maybe soon you can play lead guitar in a roc...
Want to impress your friends by whipping out your guitar and strumming some of their favorite tunes the next time you are at a party? This guitar lesson teaches you how to play the David Bowie song "Let's Dance." Once you get a hang of these popular guitar chords and tunes, you can start incorporating them into your own songs. With this how to video and a bit of practice you will be able to play "Let's Dance" by David Bowie on the guitar. And who knows, maybe soon you can play lead guitar in ...
Want to impress your friends by whipping out your guitar and strumming some of their favorite tunes the next time you are at a party? This guitar lesson teaches you how to play the Pink Floyd song "Breathe" off of Dark Side Of The Moon. Once you get a hang of these popular guitar chords and tunes, you can start incorporating them into your own songs. With this how to video and a bit of practice you will be able to play "Breathe" by Pink Floyd on the guitar. And who knows, maybe soon you can p...
Want to impress your friends by whipping out your guitar and strumming some of their favorite tunes the next time you are at a party? This guitar lesson teaches you how to play the Pink Floyd song "Time." Once you get a hang of these popular guitar chords and tunes, you can start incorporating them into your own songs. With this how to video and a bit of practice you will be able to play "Time" by Pink Floyd on the guitar. And who knows, maybe soon you can play lead guitar in a rock band!
Want to impress your friends by whipping out your guitar and strumming some of their favorite tunes the next time you are at a party? This acoustic guitar lesson teaches you how to play the Queen song "We Are the Champions." Once you get a hang of these popular guitar chords and tunes, you can start incorporating them into your own songs. With this lesson and a bit of practice you will be able to play "We Are the Champions" by Queen on the guitar. And who knows, maybe soon you can play lead g...
Want to impress your friends by whipping out your guitar and strumming some of their favorite tunes the next time you are at a party? This acoustic guitar lesson teaches you how to play the David Bowie song "Ziggy Stardust." Once you get a hang of these popular guitar chords and tunes, you can start incorporating them into your own songs. With this lesson and a bit of practice you will be able to play "Ziggy Stardust" by David Bowie on the guitar. And who knows, maybe soon you can play lead g...
Want to impress your friends by whipping out your guitar and strumming some of their favorite tunes the next time you are at a party? This guitar lesson teaches you how to play the Dire Straits song "Sultans of Swing." Once you get a hang of these popular guitar chords and tunes, you can start incorporating them into your own songs. With this lesson and a bit of practice you will be able to play "Sultans of Swing" by Dire Straits on the guitar. And who knows, maybe soon you can play lead guit...
Want to impress your friends by whipping out your guitar and strumming some of their favorite tunes the next time you are at a party? This two part guitar lesson teaches you how to play the Roy Orbison song "Pretty Woman." Once you get a hang of these popular guitar chords and tunes, you can start incorporating them into your own songs. With this lesson and a bit of practice you will be able to play "Pretty Woman" by Roy Orbison on the guitar. And who knows, maybe soon you can play lead guita...
Want to play the guitar like the Fab Four? This guitar lesson teaches you how to play the Beatles song "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band." Once you get a hang of these popular guitar chords and tunes, you can start incorporating them into your own songs. With this lesson and a bit of practice you will be able to play "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" by the Beatles on the guitar. You and your friends can have a blast singing along with "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band."
Want to impress your friends by whipping out your guitar and strumming some of their favorite tunes the next time you are at a party? This acoustic guitar lesson teaches you how to play "In the Gallery" by Dire Straits. Once you get a hang of these popular guitar chords and tunes, you can start incorporating them into your own songs. With this lesson and a bit of practice you will be able to play "In the Gallery" by Dire Straits on the acoustic guitar. And who knows, maybe soon you can play l...
Want to impress your friends by whipping out your guitar and strumming some of their favorite tunes the next time you are at a party? This guitar lesson teaches you how to play "Locked in the Trunk of a Car" by the Tragically Hip. Once you get a hang of these popular guitar chords and tunes, you can start incorporating them into your own songs. With this lesson and a bit of practice you will be able to play "Locked in the Trunk of a Car" by the Tragically Hip on the acoustic guitar. And who k...
Want to impress your friends by whipping out your guitar and strumming some of their favorite tunes the next time you are at a party? This guitar lesson teaches you how to play the intro to the Neil Young song "Needle and Damage Done." Once you get a hang of these popular guitar chords and tunes, you can start incorporating them into your own songs. With this lesson and a bit of practice you will be able to play the intro to "Needle and the Damage Done" by Neil Young on the guitar. And who kn...
Want to impress your friends by whipping out your guitar and strumming some of their favorite tunes the next time you are at a party? This guitar lesson teaches you how to play the Neil Young song "Like a Hurricane." Once you get a hang of these popular guitar chords and tunes, you can start incorporating them into your own songs. With this lesson and a bit of practice you will be able to play "Like a Hurricane" by Neil Young on the guitar. And who knows, maybe soon you can play lead guitar i...
Want to impress your friends by whipping out your guitar and strumming some of their favorite tunes the next time you are at a party? This guitar lesson teaches you how to play the Dire Straits song "Romeo & Juliet" using open G tuning(D-G-D-G-B-D) with a capo on the 3rd fret. Once you get a hang of these popular guitar chords and tunes, you can start incorporating them into your own songs. With this lesson and a bit of practice you will be able to play "Romeo & Juliet" by Dire Straits on the...
Want to impress your friends by whipping out your guitar and strumming some of their favorite tunes the next time you are at a party? This guitar lesson teaches you how to play the intro to "Romeo and Juliet" by Dire Straits using standard guitar tuning. Once you get a hang of these popular guitar chords and tunes, you can start incorporating them into your own songs. With this lesson and a bit of practice you will be able to play the intro to "Romeo and Juliet" by Dire Straits on the guitar....
Using a short roll, Jigga shows you how to roll dice for the outcome you want. This method can be used when playing craps or other dice rolling games. Cheating at dice is not recommended. It can cause problems with the people you are playing with. But if you want to take the risk, check out this how to video and you will learn how to "set the dice," or cheat at rolling dice.
Blackjack or 21 is one of the most popular card games played in the casino. The rules of Blackjack are very easy to learn. This tutorial teaches you the rules and strategies for the game Blackjack. With the tips from this how to video you will soon master the game of Blackjack or 21.
Check out this two part how to video and learn the solo to Hotel California by the Eagles. Hotel California is one of the most popular classic rock songs. This lesson is designed for the beginner to intermediate guitar player. With this tutorial you can impress your friends by playing the solo to Hotel California by the Eagles.
Watch this piano tutorial video to learn how to play Mariah Carey's "Touch My Body" on the piano. The instructions will be most helpful to intermediate to advanced pianists, but even beginners will be able to learn how to play "Touch My Body" by Mariah Carey on the piano after watching this how-to video.
This how to video is overview of the same mode played in different positions on the harmonica. As you can hear there are better positions for the tune "Help Me" than other positions. For example the C harp in 4th sounds the worst because of the unstable root. Even though this tune is traditionally played in 2nd position (cross harp) I prefer to play it on a G harp in 3rd position because I think it offers more sonic options due to it's naturally occurring Dorian mode.
Learn how to adjust your harmonica to be able to play On The Road Again by Canned Heat with this music tutorial. This harmonica is in the key of A. You can tune your harmonica to any song with the tips from this how to video.
Learn how to do the wiper exercise on the cello with this tutorial. This exercise to help strengthen the right hand for cello playing. This will improve your grip and your sound. Watch this how to video and you will be able to play the wiper exercise on the cello.
This how to video shows an easy way to make sure you're gripping the bow properly when playing the cello. This technique makes playing the cello easier and more comfortable. Watch this how to video and you will be able to play the cello with proper bow technique.
This how to video focuses on left hand techniques for the cello. This exercise increases flexibility & strength in your cello playing. Watch this how to video and you will be able play left hand exercises on the cello.
Learn how to play pizzicato on the cello with this tutorial. This lesson teaches you music theory basics. Watch this how to video and you will be able play pizzicato notes on your cello.
In this tutorial you will learn a deceptively simple exercise that will give you more control over your bow arm. The bow is where we create most of our expressivity so more control means more ability to shape the sound of what you play. Watch this how to video and you will be able to learn proper cello bow control.
This tutorial teaches you how to play a jazz blues in 11th position with a harmonica. The Bb Blues in 11th on a C diatonic harmonica is the perfect position for a jazz jam. Watch this how to video and you will be able to play the jazz blues in llth position on the harmonica. The demonstration uses a C harp and and Eb harp.
