Music & Instruments

Music & Instruments

So you've mastered the air guitar. Now it's time you pick up a real musical instrument and start playing with these how-to videos! Master the piano and keyboard, play the acoustic and electric guitar, or perfect your vocals for both heavy metal screaming and opera singing. Play bluegrass on the banjo, strum a ukulele, or play a polka on the accordion. Whether you strive to be the next Mozart or the next Gene Simmons, here are free music tutorials for all musicians!

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Play the minor pentatonic scale

This is the classic Pentatonic scale (5 note scale). It is the most common scale in blues, pop and rock music. It is quite an easy one to ...more

How to play the minor pentatonic scale
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Skip-proof your records

DJ Q-Bert of the Invisibl Skratch Piklz shares a tip on how to modify your vinyl records to keep them from skipping while playing or ...more

How to skip-proof your records
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Play the afuche cabasa

Jim Greiner teaches you the basics of playing the afuche cabasa, a modified version of the traditional cabasa used in Latin percussion and ...more

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Play the tambourine

Jim Greiner shows you the proper technique including hand positions and motions, for playiing the tambourine. Learn exercises to practice ...more

How to play the tambourine
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Learn rhythm guitar strumming

It doesn't matter what type of music you specialize in or plan to play because everyone needs to know how to strum. In this video Justin ...more

How to learn rhythm guitar strumming
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Do some blues strumming

So now that you have your Dominant 7th chords down it's time to use them and combine in some of your strumming rhythm patterns. Follow along ...more

How to do some blues strumming
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Play the 12 bar blues chord sequence

An important early lesson on the guitar is the famous 12 bar blues. It is probably the most used blues chord sequence. It is usually the ...more

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Explore the pentatonic scale

In this guitar lesson, Justin gives some tips on practicing and exploring the pentatonic scale. He gives some steps on how to add variation ...more

How to explore the pentatonic scale
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Improvise on a guitar

Learning a scale is a lot like learning an alphabet. So like an alphabet, once you've learned a scale, it's important to start learning how ...more

How to improvise on a guitar
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Play Green Day's "Basketcase"

In this pro guitar lesson, Justin goes over how to play "Basketcase" by Greenday. He'll show you all the techniques you need to play it ...more

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Practice the spider

The spider is the ultimate alternate cross string picking exercise for guitar players. This exercise is definitely not for the beginners so ...more

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Practice string bending

String bending is a basic blues and rock technique. The idea is to "bend" (push a string across or over the fingerboard with your left hand ...more

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Play pinch harmonics

Pinch harmonics (also knowns as squealies) can be a very frustrating thing to learn, but all Justin's students can do it fine after ...more

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Play "Johnny B. Good"

Justin is here again to teach us to play this Chuck Berry classic, "Johnny B. Good" on the guitar. This is definitely a video for advanced ...more

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Play "Everybody Hurts"

In this video Justin will show you the main chords for and how to play REM's "Everybody Hurts" on acoustic guitar.

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Play "Wish You Were Here"

"Wish You Were Here" by Pink Floyd is one of the greatest guitar songs of all time and in this four part video series you're going to learn ...more

How to play "Wish You Were Here"
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Play in open G tuning

Open tuning is a bit tricky so Justin decided to do a tutorial to show you how! First, he'll show you how to get to open tuning, then how to ...more

How to play in open G tuning
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Play "Save Tonight"

Justin breaks down how to play "Save Tonight" by Eagle Eye Cherry. It's the same riff through the whole tune so it should be easier for ...more

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Play the spoons

This is what drummers do when they're without their kit at a bar or party. Play spoons, yes kitchen utensils. It's a great skill to have.

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Beatbox like a pro

This guys tutorial is fantastic and he's pretty good at beatboxing. He gives you tips on how your hand should be against your mouth.

How to beatbox like a pro
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