Check out this fun version of Rudolph for Solo Guitar. This song is not really for complete beginners because it uses alternating bass patterns - but if you have had some experience with that kind of thing then you will probably find it pretty straight forward! Part 1 of 3 - H ...more
Learn how to play the Metallica song Fade to Black on guitar. Part 1 of 5 - How to Play Fade to Black on guitar. Part 2 of 5 - How to Play Fade to Black on guitar. Part 3 of 5 - How to Play Fade to Black on guitar. Part 4 of 5 - How to Play Fade to Black on guitar. Part 5 ...more
Learn how to play the Greenday song 'wake me up when september ends' on the guitar. Very easy to follow. Part 1 of 6 - How to Play Wake Me Up When September Ends on guitar. Part 2 of 6 - How to Play Wake Me Up When September Ends on guitar. Part 3 of 6 - How to Play Wake Me ...more
So the fiance and I cannot imagine spending upwards of $500 on a DJ for our wedding when we have tons of perfectly good music on our computers. And the cross-fade feature... Genius! I'm a little bit nervous about leaving our dancing fates up to the iTunes gods, but apractical ...more
Want to master "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" by U2? See how it's done with this free video guitar lesson, which presents a complete (and we mean complete) breakdown of the song and its constituent parts. While this tutorial is geared toward those who already hav ...more
Want to do a magnificent job of playing "Magnificent" by U2? See how it's done with this free video guitar lesson, which presents a complete (and we mean complete) breakdown of the song and its constituent parts. While this tutorial is geared toward those who already have some ...more
Want to play "New Year's Day" by U2? See how it's done with this free video guitar lesson, which presents a complete (and we mean complete) breakdown of the song and its constituent parts. While this tutorial is geared toward those who already have some knowledge of the guitar ...more
Want to be good—even great—at playing "Bad" by U2? See how it's done with this free video guitar lesson, which presents a complete (and we mean complete) breakdown of the song and its constituent parts. While this tutorial is geared toward those who already have some knowledge ...more
Want to master "Where the Streets Have No Name" by U2? See how it's done with this free video guitar lesson, which presents a complete (and we mean complete) breakdown of the song and its constituent parts. While this tutorial is geared toward those who already have some knowl ...more
Iron Man. What could be a more fitting song for 1,000,000 volts of electricity? It's the perfect Vegas act, so it's shocking to hear that ArcAttack is yet unsigned. With their high-tech, custom-made music equipment, homemade chain mail suits and... LIGHTNING!... they put on o ...more
Lucy, whose real name is BPM 37093, is a diamond roughly the size of our moon. At around 4000 kilometers in diameter (2,485 miles), Lucy is estimated to be around 10 billion trillion trillion carats. A billion trillion trillion? x 10? It's easier to imagine dividing by zero th ...more
As a Screenwriting Student, I can never get enough basic tips on how to do something. Even something as simple as TV writing, which is what I learned first can be so tedious and difficult. I found this while surfin the web. Intro to TV Writing Television needs more good writ ...more
That's a real Strat for the Rock Band game. Rock Band 3 will feature the option of playing on the six button toy guitar like before, or go Pro by using a real Start modified to give input to the game. You can plug this guitar to an actual amp and play away! Each song comes wit ...more
Learning the blues isn't an easy task, but this video helps make it a little easier. The song you'll be learning is "Coffee Blues" by Mississippi John Hurt. It's in the key of A and is a typical blues progression, in an alternating bass. It's the chords A, D, and E. If you're ...more
James, also known as Tbone Wilson, shows you how to play Street Spirit by Radiohead. With an acoustic guitar you begin the intro on A minor, then pick 5, 3, 1, 3, 2, half finger up. On your picking hand you need to hold your pinkie down to contact the hardboard deck of your gu ...more
Another TED speaker featured today: Ukulele guru Jake Shimabukuro shares his thoughts and incredible skill in the videos below. Interview at TED with Boing Boing's Mark Frauenfelder. Most Viewed YouTube Performance: Shimabukuro Covers "My Guitar Gently Weeps". Jake Shimabuku ...more
Want to learn guitar? Some people feel helpless, or feel that it is too hard, but this is not the case. Utopian Thrash Metal Guitarist started out with one tablature book and a cheap electric guitar -- he self taught himself in almost no time. This music video tutorial will s ...more
Learn how to play "Goodbye" by Miley Cyrus, an acoustic guitar tutorial. Follow along with this demonstration, tabs and lyrics here: Standard Tuning: Chords: E - 079900 Eb/E - 069900 C#m - 046600 A - 002200 B - 024400 Cm - 035500 D - 057700 A5 - 577000 Intro - E Eb/E A B V ...more
Learn how to play "Underneath Your Clothes" by Shakira, an acoustic guitar tutorial. Follow along with this demonstration, tabs and lyrics here: Standard Tuning: Capo On 1st Fret Em Bm You’re a song C D Written by the hands of God Em Bm Don’t get me wrong cause C D This migh ...more
Learn how to play ____________, an acoustic guitar tutorial. Follow along with this demonstration, tabs and lyrics here: Standard Tuning: Intro: E5 C#5 Verse 1: E5 C#5 You fly, with angels’ wings E5 C#5 You got my, blood in your veins A5 E5 And your eyes, see everything A5 ...more
Learn how to play "She's Everything" by Brad Paisley, an acoustic guitar tutorial. Follow along with this demonstration, lyrics here: "She's Everything" She's a yellow pair of running shoes A holey pair of jeans She looks great in cheap sunglasses She looks great in anything ...more
Learn how to play "Sitting, Waiting, Wishing" by Jack Johnson, an acoustic guitar tutorial. Follow along with this demonstration, tabs and lyrics here: Standard Tuning: Intro/Verse e—5—5—3—3—1—1—3—3-| B—5—5—3—3—1—1—5—5-| G—5—5—4—4—2—2—5—3-| D—7—5—5—3—3—1—5—5-| A—7—7—5—5—3—3 ...more
M.I.A. Guitar Tutorial for acoustic guitar includes the lyrics and chords for the whole song. Get this hit that featured in Slumdog Millionaire right. Standard Tuning: D I fly like paper, get high like planes A G If you catch me at the border I got visas in my name D If you ...more
Want to know how to play some good music on the acoustic guitar? Well, this video tutorial will show you how to up your guitarist skills by learning to play "Run" by Snow Patrol. When you play this song from the lesson, play it like you mean it. Chords: Verse: First "Chord": ...more
Want to know how to play some good music on the acoustic guitar? Well, this video tutorial will show you how to up your guitarist skills by learning to play "Life for Rent" by Dido. When you play this song from the lesson, play the capo on the 3rd fret. Chords: Intro & verse ...more
Want to know how to play some good music on the acoustic guitar? Well, this video tutorial will show you how to up your guitarist skills by learning to play "Not an Addict" by K's Choice. When you play this song from the lesson, play it like you mean it. Chords: Intro & Vers ...more
Want to know how to play some good music on the acoustic guitar? Well, this video tutorial will show you how to up your guitarist skills by learning to play "This Boy" by James Morrison. When you play this song from the lesson, your capo will be on the 3th fret. Strumming Pat ...more
Bottleneck slide guitar is based on an early one string folk instrument called the Diddley-Bow, and the traditional playing style of Hawaiian Guitar. The early Blues Masters of the 1920s and 30s, would place a bottleneck from a wine bottle, or a short piece of metal pipe on th ...more
Want to develop brutal rhythm technique? In this five-part video tutorial series, you'll learn how to play the rhythm guitar parts to Metallica's "The Four Horsemen" from their seminal Kill 'Em All album. Each of the series five segments takes a small portion of the song and p ...more
Have you ever wanted to ride a rollercoaster while listening to Lady Gaga? Or have the Star Wars theme auto-play when you enter your house? You can with Minecraft. Search Youtube for a popular song + Minecraft, and chances are there will be a video for it! Minecraft gives pla ...more
Want to master "With or Without You" by U2? See how it's done with this free video guitar lesson, which presents a complete (and we mean complete) breakdown of the song and its constituent parts. While this tutorial is geared toward those who already have some knowledge of the ...more
Want to master "I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight" by U2? See how it's done with this free video guitar lesson, which presents a complete (and we mean complete) breakdown of the song and its constituent parts. While this tutorial is geared toward those who already have ...more
In 1965, the world was a different place. There was no Google yet. Or Yahoo. Or Stumbleupon, for that matter. In 1965, the year of your birth, the top selling movie was The Sound of Music. People buying the popcorn in the cinema lobby had glazing eyes when looking at the pos ...more
Learn how to play Shout it out loud by Kiss on electric guitar. The guitar is tuned down 1/2 step for this song (Eb, Bb, Gb, Db, Ab, Eb). First riff: Two lead guitars are playing together. 2nd string, 16th fret, twice. Bend up and back down. 14th fret. Second guitar is playin ...more
Go to http://yourguitarsage.com/ to find out how to order my ebook containing charts for over 170 tunes and constantly updating. This will ROCKET your productivity and fun on the guitar!!! Here is what I teach you! 1. How to play many of the open chords and inversions that y ...more
To play "People are Crazy," you begin with what is called the intro. For this song, the intro includes playing the same group of notes or strings two times; this is called "repeat" on the sheet music. All of the these notes will be played on the B-string except for one. The ex ...more
Learn how to play "Single" by New Kids On The Block Ft. NeYo, an acoustic guitar tutorial. Follow along with this demonstration, tabs and lyrics here: Standard Tuning: Intro: E|———————————————-| B|——-13——-12—-8——-10————–| G|—–12——-12—–9——10—————-| D|—10——-12——9—–10——————| A ...more
Want to play a beautiful version of "Beautiful Day" by U2? See how it's done with this free video guitar lesson, which presents a complete (and we mean complete) breakdown of the song and its constituent parts. While this tutorial is geared toward those who already have some k ...more
Want to play "Until the End of the World" by U2? See how it's done with this free video guitar lesson, which presents a complete (and we mean complete) breakdown of the song and its constituent parts. While this tutorial is geared toward those who already have some knowledge o ...more
If you're between the ages of 20 and 40, then video arcades probably hold a special place in your heart. Whether you all but lived in one (me), wished you could, or detested those with a liking for them, there's no denying that arcades were a ubiquitous part of American cultur ...more
The Kinect for Xbox 360 and PlayStation Move might be fun to play with, but people do not look very cool while they're doing it. Air guitar is not particularly flattering (even if done on stage), and neither is air-anything else, as pleasurable as it might be. This is why I fi ...more
Here we have a unique piece of work. Miley Cyrus, the girl that started out as a 12 year old acting on Hannah Montana, is now 17 and showing some skin. Do we care? Apparently, parents do. So it seems as if if Cyrus wasn't able to do what she wants in her music videos because o ...more
If you follow indie games at all, you've probably heard of Bastion. During its development, it took home numerous Best in Show prizes from E3 and other game conventions while building up an incredible amount of buzz in the games press. Part of what is intriguing about Bastion ...more
Are you a fan of the movie "Jerry Maguire"? Bruce Springsteen had a pretty awesome song called "Secret Garden" on it. In this video, you'll learn how you can replicate the song on your guitar. Play "Secret Garden" for your loved one.
This quick video will teach you how to play the beginning of the song "Heart Shaped Box" by the band Nirvana on electric guitar. This song is tuned down to an e flat on the guitar.
If you love Taylor Swift, her simple but pretty compositions can be a great gateway to learning to play the guitar. This tutorial teaches us how to play a cover version of her song "White Horse" on acoustic. It may not be exactly how the original song is played, but it is a go ...more
Although mainly demonstrational, this video shows you how to play "Key to the Highway" on guitar. This video is intended for advanced players who learn easily by watching or listening. Read the useful tips posted below to aid your guitar learning: This is an instrumental vers ...more
Although mainly demonstrational, this video shows you how to play a song "Summertime" in D minor on guitar. This video is intended for advanced players who learn easily by watching or listening. Read the useful tips posted below to aid your guitar learning: This is a loose an ...more
Although mainly demonstrational, this video shows you how to play a song "The Japanese Sandman" on guitar. This video is intended for advanced players who learn easily by watching or listening. Read the useful tips posted below to aid your guitar learning: The words to this s ...more
Although mainly demonstrational, this video shows you how to play the song "Whistling Rufus" by Kerry Mills on guitar. This video is aimed more towards advanced players who learn easily by watching or listening. Read the useful tips posted below: Kerry Mills was a prolific cr ...more
This video tutorial demonstrates how to play the popular song "Fairytale Gone Bad" by Sunrise Avenue on acoustic guitar. It features handy chord notations, which are in French but should still be understandable to English-language players familiar with chord notation.
This tutorial teaches us how to play an acoustic guitar cover of Daughtry's "Life After You". Done entirely from the performer's (not Daughtry, as should be immediately apparent) bed, it features handy graphics that help to overcome the somewhat quietly recorded audio and make ...more
Although mainly demonstrational, this video shows you how to play "My Creole Belle" by John Hurt on guitar. This video is intended for advanced players who learn easily by watching or listening. Read the useful tips posted below to aid your guitar learning: This is an instrum ...more
"High Tea" by Willy Taylor is a simple Scottish barndance tune. In this tutorial you can learn how to play "High Tea" on the acoustic guitar. "High Tea" is a relatively easy song that has simple chords but lots of hammer-ons. Watch this how to video and you will be able to pla ...more
Learn how to play "Teardrops on my Guitar" by Taylor Swift on the piano with this tutorial. This popular Taylor Swift song is quite easy to play with this step by step video. Watch this how to video and you will be playing "Teardrops on my Guitar" in no time.
Guitar tablature is a diagram of the strings and frets of the instrument and where the fingers are placed in a chord or song. This how to video teaches you to read guitar tabs.
This quick video will teach you how to play the beginning of the song "Come As You Are" by the band Nirvana on electric guitar.
This quick video will teach you how to play the beginning of the song "Whole Lotta Love" by the band Led Zeppelin on electric guitar.
This quick video will teach you how to play the beginning of the song "TNT" by the band ACDC on electric 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. Click through to watch this video on ultimate-guitar.tv