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How To: Understand music accents

Join David Yzhaki as he makes learning piano music fundamentals fast and easy. In classical music, a measure that is in four four time (four quarter notes get the pulse) the first beat and third beat are naturally more accented than the second and fourth. Jazz, reggae, and pop music are entirely opposite because the natural accents occur on the second and fourth beat of each measure. Another type of accent is called a melodic accent. This happens when a note is accented because of its higher ...

How To: Use the voice activated Blackberry application

Mark from Minneapolis Best Buy Mobile Team walks you through the excellent Vlingo BlackBerry application, which allows you to better manage your favorite searching and networking sites from your mobile phone. Mark explains how Vlingo will get you navigating Twitter, Google, Yahoo, and Facebook with your BlackBerry faster and more efficiently than ever before. Stop fiddling around with your thumbs and free your hands for other things by effectively controlling your email, web searching, networ...

How To: Draw manga body proportions

In this video, "Miki Falls" manga cartoonist Mark Crilley shows how to draw body proportions for manga comics. Characters in manga proportions are often proportioned differently than characters in American comics, with larger heads and more childlike bodies. This video show you how to get manga bodies right.

How To: Draw stony surfaces

Whether you want to draw fine art or the covers of trashy romance novels, drawing stone surfaces is an essential skill. In this video, "Miki Falls" manga creator Mark Crilley shows you how to make stone look like stone. It turns out, rock's not as hard as it looks!

How To: Mark Episodes As Played in Apple Podcasts to Remove Them from Your Up Next Queue

A typical hours-long podcast can cover a broad range of topics, and it's not uncommon to stop listening halfway through an episode or to skip through the parts you don't want to hear. Unfortunately, in the Apple Podcasts app, unfinished episodes remain within the app's My Episodes list and will play again automatically once you've finished a previous episode.

How To: Perform a simple mind trick with cups

This is a video tutorial in the Pranks and Cons category where you are going to learn how to perform a simple mind trick with cups. For this you will need three cups or any similar articles under which another object can be hidden. You then ask one of your spectators to hide an object under one of the cups while your back is turned towards the cups. Then you turn around and point out the cup under which the object is hidden. The trick is to put an indiscernible mark on one of the cups that on...

How To: Add fringe to a dress

In this tutorial, we learn how to add fringe to a dress. First, take the dress that you want to add fringe too and hang it up. After this, mark on the dress where you want to add the fringe to it. Once you have marked this up, you will need to grab your scissors and start to cut. Cut up from the bottom to the top of where you marked. Cut in very thin strips, not thick so they move with you when you wear it. After you are finished, wear this with your favorite accessories and you're finished w...

How To: Draw bat or demon wings

In this tutorial, we learn how to draw bat/demon wings. Start out using a light pencil marking to make the outline of the wings. You will want to draw wispy lines and make them light to create a light effect on the ends. Once you have the outline finished, use a hard pencil mark to draw over it. Create large wings with hard edges and mark in lines along the middle and the edges of the wings. After you have done this, make sure there is another wing on the side of the wings and then shade to f...

How To: Compare 2 distributions with the Z-Score formula

This is a video tutorial in the Education category where you are going to learn how to compare 2 distributions with the Z-Score formula. In this example Doug's class has X bar as 71 and a standard deviation of 4. Corey's class has X bar as 68 and a standard deviation of 11. If both Doug and Corey beat the class average and have the same standard score, will Doug have a lower grade than Corey? If both of them have a standard score of 1.5, then Doug will get 77 marks and Corey will get 84.5 mar...

How To: Draft a pants sloper

In this tutorial, Don McCunn teaches us how to draft a pants sloper. First, measure out the center line of the leg and then draw the center line onto a piece of paper. Now, measure from the waist and mark the measurements along with where you drew the center line. Now, measure down to the hip level and mark this as well, making sure to use the fullest area of the hips. Next, you will need to determine the crotch from the waist to the area where the subject is sitting, then mark it. Use a stan...

How To: Knit a bikini bottom

In this tutorial, we learn how to make a bikini bottom. First, measure the widest part of your bottom area, then write this number down. Next, place your fabric where the measurement device just was, then mark where you want your underwear to fit. Mark this spot, then measure the lines out on the fabric. After this, use a pen or marker to mark the underwear shape. After this, cut out the shape of the underwear and pin all sides together. Now, sew the sides of the bottoms together, then flip t...

How To: Remove lint or a burn mark from polymer clay

Learn how to rid polymer clay of lint and burn marks with this free video crafts lesson. While this tutorial is best suited for those with some familiarity of polymer clay sculpture, novice sculpters should be able to follow along given a little effort. For specifics, including step-by-step instructions, and to get started cleaning up your own polymer clay, watch this handy hand-sculpture tutorial.

How To: Make a swing (or flip) card

This video shows how to make a swing or flip card. These are called swing or flip cards because when you open them the middle swings out to show the message. To make the card, you need a piece of cardstock that measures five inches by seven inches. Stamp or emboss the card while it is still whole. Then make two score marks on the long side of your card at two and three fourth inches and four and one fourth inches. Next, measure one and one half inches from each side, toward the middle, markin...

How To: Use quotation marks in British English

How to use quotation marks in British EnglishIn this video we are about to see how to use quotation marks in British English. This is a very useful video because most of us confuse the usage of quotations and the meaning it renders. There are two forms of quotations single and double. A single quote contains only one inverted comma and the double contains two inverted commas. A double quote is used for direct speech or actual quotations. Whenever a person says something a comma is given and t...

How To: Apply and move a ball marker in golf

This video explains the importance of marking your ball on the putting green. If someone else is also playing golf, and theirs hits yours (and it isn't marked), its a two stroke penalty. In order to mark the ball, set a coin directly behind the ball onto the green. Then when you replace your ball, set it directly in front of the coin. It is important to always put your ball in front of the coin so you don't accidentally gain or lose advantage. When putting your marker in place, make sure to n...

How To: Make a 3D diamond topped card

Watch this video to learn how to make a stunning diamond topped 3d card from a single sheet of A4 paper! 1. You'll need one A4 sheet of paper and some printed papers to decorate. 2. Score at 10. 5cm across length and 10. 5cm from one end. 3. Crease both scores in the same direction (mountain folds). 4. Turn card over mark 13cm from top on centre line an 17. 5cm from top on both edges. 5. Score from central 13cm mark to 17. 5cm mark on each edge. All printed papers used in this tutorial are av...

How To: Cut flat laminated glass

In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to cut laminated glass. Laminated glass is a safety glass that has two pieces of glass with a plastic foam in between. The materials required to cut laminated glass are: an oil glass cutter, L-square, razor blade and an optional propane torch. Begin by marking the glass to your preferred measurement. Then use the L-square to line up the marking. Then use the oil glass cutter to cut down the marked line. Flip it over do the same on the other side. Then...

How To: Use the versa mark resist technique with Stampin' Up!

Our host Dawn teaches how to use the Versa Mark resist technique when stamping a card. Dawn teaches the technique on a Christmas card to create a snowflake background. The basic idea behind this technique is that the Versa Ink is clear and will resist any other ink you put down, so you can stamp a pattern and then go over with a flat coat of regular ink, and you will be left with a white pattern where you made the Versa Ink stamps. To complete this specific craft, you will need a Versa Mark i...

How To: Do a rotation in Geometry

Learn how to do a rotation in geometry with this video! First step is to pout the pencil into the compass. Adjusting the pencil and compass needle is same. Suppose you want 165 degree size circle. Measure the reading with compass in protractor. Note the point and adjust the compass. After place the sharp end of the compass at the point and rotate the compass the circle will enabled. Next use protractor. We see 75 degree acute angle. Place the protractor on the line and mark the reading we wan...

How To: Learn the ash-shaddah accent mark in Arabic

This lesson is part of a series of video language classes which will build a solid foundation for learning how to speak Arabic. The instructor in these instructional videos is a native Arabic speaker who started making his own teaching tutorials in an effort to demonstrate clearly how the language is really spoken back in his home in the Middle East. In this video segment, the instructor will focus on the ash-shaddah accent mark in Arabic

How To: Learn the accent marks in the Arabic language

This lesson is part of a series of video language classes which will build a solid foundation for learning how to speak Arabic. The instructor in these instructional videos is a native Arabic speaker who started making his own teaching tutorials in an effort to demonstrate clearly how the language is really spoken back in his home in the Middle East. In this video segment, the instructor will focus on accent marks in Arabic.

How To: Cook winter roasted tomato soup with the NY Times

For some people tomato soup is perfect straight from the can. For others, tomato soup can only be prepared in August when tomatoes are perfect. In this how to video Mark Bittman, from the New York Times, shows how to make an off season roasted tomato soup with a celebrity chef. Watch Mark and Mr. Tomato face cook up a great roasted recipe.

How To: Disassemble and clean the Tippmann A-5 Flatline barrel

First of all take one eight inch 'Ellen ' wrench and take off the back screw. Now you have to slide out the back plate. There is no need to take the front plate apart. You can clean it using some hot water.You can run hot water over it for a minute. You can also set it in a sink and then run hot water from the tap. You can see a scratch mark on the shaft. That is there to show you the vertical. Now insert in to the round so that this mark is in line with a little mark over it. If it is not al...

How To: Make an origami gift box lid

Barbabella shows how to make a modular origami hexagonal box lid with star design. Fold a two-sided square sheet of paper to form a triangle, unfold it and fold it in the opposite direction. Using the guidelines fold the paper on three sides forming a small triangle and leave one end as it is. Turn over the sheet and fold the opposite side of the unfolded one as shown. Now mark the points as shown and fold it on one side. Now fold it to mark point below and the crease ends at the point marked...

How To: Fold custom origami bookmarks from the square base

The ancient art of Japanese paper folding is broken down and explained clearly in this video. The video teaches how to create a beautiful bookmark of your own design from a simple single sheet of paper. The instructions use the square base as a jumping off point for showing you how to easily make a custom book mark. There are a few simple beginning steps, and after you complete those you will be able to fold and crease your way to a gorgeous custom origami book mark.

How To: Disable Read Receipts in WhatsApp So Nobody Can See Those Blue Check Marks in Chats

WhatsApp, like other popular messengers on iOS and Android, shows when recipients have read your sent messages with a blue double check mark indicator. On the flip side, for those of you who are bad at replying promptly or don't feel like replying at all, you can disable "read receipts" so the senders won't know when or if you even read their messages.