Music & Instruments How-To Articles

Make a metronome with a candle

How to make a metronome with a candle

Check out the wonders of science. Time, balance and tempo perfectly illustrated with by a lit candle.

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Make music with candy

How to make music with candy

Bubble gum... who knew it would be good for something besides cavities. This so-called Bubblegum Sequencer is a marvel mix of candy and music, the next hip DJing tool -- move over iPod! But can you resist ...

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Build a didgeridoo with PVC

How to build a didgeridoo with PVC

The didgeridoo is one of the more interesting wind instruments in the music world, first developed by Indigenous Australians, and recently developed by YOU. With PVC, heat gun, hair dryer, and a few other ...

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Build an SRV Stratocaster guitar

How to build an SRV Stratocaster guitar

The Strat is one of the most recognized electric guitars made by Fender, with Eric Clapton, Billy Corgan, Jeff Beck, and John Mayer all having their own signature model. But with the price of a Stratocaster ...

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Play the plastic nose flute

How to play the plastic nose flute

It's hard to believe that something you play with your nose sounds so good. Though silly and strange, the nose flute has been around the music world for a while, with different variations in Hawaii, Africa ...

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How To Break a Glass with Your Voice

Break a Glass with Your Voice

The cassette tape company Memorex seared the image of Ella Fitzgerald shattering a glass with her voice into many people's collective memory ...more

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How To Play U2's Bad

Play U2's Bad

This is a step by step tutorial that explains the basics of how to use a guitar delay (echo) and play the first riff in the song "Bad".

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How To Read the Bass Clef

Read the Bass Clef

Reading the bass clef is as simple as learning the alphabet. It just takes a little memorization.

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How To Buy Your First Set of DJ Equipment

Buy Your First Set of DJ Equipment

Face it, we all want to be the ones who drop the tunes at parties. Most people think of becoming DJ's, but to become one, you must buy your ...more

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How To Sing the Italian Art Song Sebben Crudele

Sing the Italian Art Song Sebben Crudele

A guide to singing a popular and well-known 17th century Italian art song Sebben Crudele.

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How To Accompany a Performer

Accompany a Performer

Accompaniment is incredibly different from playing solo. You can accompany on harmonica, guitar, violin or learn to accompany on piano or ...more

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How To Afford an Expensive Guitar

Afford an Expensive Guitar

Tired of staring at Les Pauls or Stratocasters locked up in that glass case? Here's how to take it home. Find some income. Some guitars are ...more

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How To Alternate Pick

Alternate Pick

The key skill to improving your guitar playing is alternate picking. Alternate picking is much faster than just down picking, but requires a ...more

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How To Assemble a Clarinet

Assemble a Clarinet

The clarinet is a woodwind instrument that is often taught in school bands. Playing this instrument is not difficult, but it takes a great ...more

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How To Assemble a Flute

Assemble a Flute

The flute, being a woodwind instrument, is very delicate and easily damaged. As with any instrument, it's important to put it together ...more

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How To Assemble a Saxophone

Assemble a Saxophone

If you want to know how to put a saxophone together, you're at the right page. These instructions apply to most types of saxophones. It is ...more

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How To Assemble a Tenor Saxophone

Assemble a Tenor Saxophone

The tenor sax is a wonderful instrument, but taking it out of its case and putting it together for the first time can seem like a daunting ...more

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How To Avoid and Remedy Squeaking on the Clarinet

Avoid and Remedy Squeaking on the Clarinet

While the clarinet is a wonderful, beautiful instrument, it's a fact of life that it will occasionally make that gut wrenching, obnoxious ...more

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How To Be a Dance Music DJ Using CDs

Be a Dance Music DJ Using CDs

"DJs" or "Disk Jockeys" are people who play music to the open public for parties, special events, or just plain fun. There are several types ...more

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How To Be a DJ

Be a DJ

In order to become a great disk jockey (DJ) you must have an extensive knowledge of music, as well as the ability to lead a crowd. Charisma ...more

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How To Be a Drum Major

Be a Drum Major

Being a drum major is much, much more than bellowing a few commands. It is also teaching and leading , conducting, and making decisions. A ...more

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How To Be a Good DJ at a Dance

Be a Good DJ at a Dance

Have you been asked or volunteered to DJ at a High School, Middle School, or Elementary dance? Are you worried about making sure people have ...more

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How To Be a Guitar God

Be a Guitar God

Fancy yourself a fretboard wizard ? To rise to the ranks of guitar master --that is, an exceptionally talented and charismatic guitarist ...more

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How To Be Knowledgeable About Pop Music

Be Knowledgeable About Pop Music

You love music, and want to know what you're talking about, be the one whom all your friends and family will rely on when they want to know ...more

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How To Become a Band Manager

Become a Band Manager

A band manager is an important piece of the artist or band's home team. He or she is the artist or band's partner. He/She receives between ...more

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The Mother of all Ping Pong Guns - LETHAL

The lethal pneumatic ping pong gun. This thing isn't exactly wife approved. Creator Ron Kessinger built this mighty powerful ping pong launcher - "a variation on a potato cannon, built to run on ...

Old Bumper Cars Go Street Legal

Flickr user MR38 has posted a set of photos of bumper cars made street legal, as displayed at the annual Cruisin’ Grand festival in Escondido, California. This mini cars were retrofitted with 750 cc ...

Human Powered Ferris Wheel

According to Google's (albeit rough) translation from French to English: "A big wheel in India that does not work with an engine but using human power. Men throw themselves in front of the wheel ...

Make-It-Yourself LEGO Gummies

Turkey day is over, and you have this nice Friday-Saturday-Sunday stretch before it's back the daily grind. Here's a project that inspires both young and old: LeGummies brick shaped gummy candies ...

Geek-Shooting Rubberband Machine Gun

It's the idea that counts. This geeky rubberband machine gun is pretty sweet looking... but I wish it had a little more force. The gun can very quickly shoot (200!) rubberbands, but it just tumbles ...

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