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The point of this video is to teach the viewer how to play the chorus of "Call Me Maybe," but the person who made the video does a terrible job. He plays with very poor technique, and his explanation of how to play the song is confusing. When naming the notes used in the song, he continually says the wrong note names, and he even names the violin strings incorrectly. To top it off, when he actually plays the chorus, he plays entirely wrong notes.

How do you connect a microphone to your PC computer or Mac? This article attempts to answer one of our most frequently asked questions. Whether you play, sing or make voice recordings, then if you want to record we tell you how to connect up the mic

How do you connect a microphone to your PC computer or Mac? This article attempts to answer one of our most frequently asked questions. Whether you play, sing or make voice recordings, then if you want to record we tell you how to connect up the mic

This is a video tutorial on a short groove. I find this tutorial to be considered a bad one because the educator is in a costume which takes away from professionalism, the video quality is not the best, he does not show a slower break down of the groove he is playing, and there is no application as to where the groove would be played. It just demonstrates a quick groove for someone to randomly play and in my opinion seems a bit unprofessional for a tutorial video.

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A couple years ago my high school students actually transcribed/arranged this for percussion ensemble and taught themselves how to play it. The first time I heard them play it was at our final concert in May.

This is a better video on how to play higher notes on trumpet. The teacher gives a similar method as the other video i posted, but goes more in depth and why you should do what he says. There isn't much left to the imagination, and he doesn't waste time going through the entire exercise. Instead he starts the exercise off so that the viewer knows what to do, then demonstrates the higher register so that the viewer has a good idea of what to aim at.

Monday, 25 August 2014 Learning to play an instrument is learning to practise. And learning to practise is learning to listen. My nine-year-old son has just passed his ABRSM Grade 1 cello exam. He has an excellent teacher at a state-funded London school, and he has the advantage (even if sometimes he doesn't see it that way) of also learning how to sing and play the piano.

I think the title says it all.

This "tutorial" was actually the unedited taping of a class instructing djembe students how to play slaps and tones on djembes. The information is great, and of excellent quality. However, the video needs some major editing and the instructor is very hard to hear.

The tutorial was well done with good practice tips, and moved along at a decent pace. The one thing that I didn't like was that there was no talk about color or dynamics while playing and practicing.

I think she does a good job of explaining and demonstrating how to vary dynamics on the violin. The only negative is she has a tendency to over explain, but it is still a great learning tool and some beginners may need the over explanation.

In this video, the person is supposed to be giving a tutorial of the song Viva La Vida for violin. What they actually end up doing is just playing the song at an awkward angle and don't actually explain what their doing.

The information provided is OK and the overall set up is alright for keeping the performer anonymous. However, it takes way too long to make a point and the person demonstrating is obviously a beginner. I would use this in my class to have the student critique the person but not to learn from it. (this would be a betweener...it is ok info/set up but poor demonstration)

The point of her video is to show people how to play a zelda song on the violin. The information she gives isn't bad, but she talks for WAY too long at the beginning, over explains things, and takes a lot of time. I like that she wanted to demonstrate the song for different ability levels, but she should probably make separate videos.

The comments say the video is a "funny" but if it was to be taken seriously it would make a terrible tutorial!

According to this study, being exposed to music and learning how to read and play music improves reading skills!

Not only is the person making the video unprofessional, but he doesn't seem to actually teach you how to play high notes; he just demonstrates and says what to do. He also gives some incorrect information, since nobody should try and cheat high notes, especially in the way he's saying to.