Category: Classical

Breakthrough Piano Method – Learn to Play by Christmas

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How to play Classical Gas by MASON WILLIAMS on Nylon Classical Guitar (Part 3/4)

I put off learning this song for quite a few years as I knew it would be an undertaking. I started teaching it to a lesson a few years back but unfortunately he gave up on the it. I had a request for it again in early April 2007, this time from a number of students so I finally tackled it head on and finished it in a few short weeks. Surprisingly enough it wasn’t as difficult as I expected. To make this song easier to learn you have to practice it in smaller sections (phrases). Of course it helps if you have already done some finger picking previously.

How to play Classical Gas by MASON WILLIAMS on Nylon Classical Guitar (Part 2/4)

I put off learning this song for quite a few years as I knew it would be an undertaking. I started teaching it to a lesson a few years back but unfortunately he gave up on the it. I had a request for it again in early April 2007, this time from a number of students so I finally tackled it head on and finished it in a few short weeks. Surprisingly enough it wasn’t as difficult as I expected. To make this song easier to learn you have to practice it in smaller sections (phrases). Of course it helps if you have already done some finger picking previously.

How to play Classical Gas by MASON WILLIAMS on Nylon Classical Guitar (Part 1/4)

I put off learning this song for quite a few years as I knew it would be an undertaking. I started teaching it to a lesson a few years back but unfortunately he gave up on the it. I had a request for it again in early April 2007, this time from a number of students so I finally tackled it head on and finished it in a few short weeks. Surprisingly enough it wasn’t as difficult as I expected. To make this song easier to learn you have to practice it in smaller sections (phrases). Of course it helps if you have already done some finger picking previously.

Green Day – American Idiot – Play this Classic Riff!

To celebrate a summer of great music guitar lessons on the ilearntoplay site are FREE for a limited period – so register and download NOW! Seen our new online mag? ‘Offbeat’ – very irreverent, just so slightly tongue-in-cheek and very, very funny! There’s also a competition to win some Line 6 gear. www.ilearntoplay.com Interesting fact no 1: this 2004-released title-song was the band’s first chart entry. Interesting fact no 2: in ‘The Simpsons Movie’ after Green Day dies by falling into the lethally toxic Lake Springfield, ‘American Idiot’ is played at the band’s funeral, with a close-up of the sheet music entitled ‘American Idiot – Funeral Version’. In this free 3.5 minute video, David Young shows you how to play the classic opening riff. Includes complete demos of left hand chord shapes and right hand picking patterns, and slowed down versions for easy learning. More famous ‘Classic Riffs’ are available FREE on the website at www.ilearntoplay.com including a higher quality version of this video. Other Classic Riffs include Whole Lotta Love – Led Zeppelin Another One Bites The Dust – Queen Smoke On The Water – Deep Purple Walk This Way – Aerosmith Wonderwall – Oasis Smells Like Teen Spirit – Nirvana All Right Now – Free Sweet Child O’Mine – Guns N Roses Back in Black – AC/DC www.ilearntoplay.com

Piano Romance – Why you should learn to play the piano !!

It’s hip to play the piano…..you’ll be the centre of attraction. But then pianists are often unsuccessful in love for some reason….. Famous pianists include – Richard Clayderman, Nat King Cole, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Frédéric Chopin, Franz Liszt, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Robert Schumann, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Carl Maria von Weber, Charles-Valentin Alkan, Johannes Brahms, Ferruccio Busoni, Anton Rubinstein, Alexander Scriabin, Sergei Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich, Joseph-Maurice Ravel and Claude Debussy.

Learn To Play Tabla

This is an extremely good video on how to play this percussion instrument. I can almost hear all of the background music when George Harrison played the sitar.

Watch this video to know the basics on how to play the sitar. Click on www.rajshri.com to watch more educational videos.