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How to Talk Like Snoop Dogg

By eHow Arts & Entertainment Editor

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Snoop Dogg is just as well known today for his West Coast rap style of talking as he is for his hit tracks. "Snoop speak", as the lingo is known, is full of rap lyric illusions, unique sounds and an interesting use of a new suffix, the "-izzle.".. more »

How to Teach Children to Stretch and Prepare to Sing

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Different methods can be used to engage children when teaching them how to sing. One method is to stretch with them before you start singing. You'll want to stretch out different parts of the body to relax the muscles. This technique can also ... more »

How to Teach Voice Lessons

By eHow Arts & Entertainment Editor

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Singing is a very powerful form of expression, and people the world over relish and appreciate. However, teaching someone to sing is a powerful and rewarding practice. A voice lesson can be an unstructured and haphazard mess, or it can be a ... more »

How to tell the year your yamaha guitar was made!

By lucyliu

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Do you want to know what year your Yamaha guitar was made?.. more »

How to Test Your Guitar Skills Online

By *Janet Ford

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This is a fun test for any guitar lover and great for kids who are just learning to play the guitar. Homeschoolers will also love this find... more »

How to transfer music from your cellular to your laptop

By Dedi

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If you want to share your mobile music you have to transfer it to your own laptop.. more »

How to tune a drum

By sbhow

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Tuning a drum is a simple process that will produce a smooth consistent tone by following some simple steps.. more »

How to Tune a Guitar to Open G

By eHow Arts & Entertainment Editor

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Open tunings on a guitar are tunings which allow you to play a chord without holding down any strings at any fret, thus giving you an open chord. Open G tuning is the most common open tuning, used mostly for blues, slide guitar and some folk. ... more »

How to Tune a Piano

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While the nuances of professional piano tuning need to be learned over years of study and practice, an emergency tune of the piano can be a useful thing to learn. With a few simple tools and techniques you can get the tune back to a playable ... more »

How to Tune your guitar

By Pheelyx

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A musical instrument is a nice thing to have around the house especially of you know how to play it. Musical instruments are numerous and differ in the sounds they make. They can be big instruments like the piano or little instruments like the ... more »

How to Turn Poetry Into Lyrics

By Silverwing

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Have you ever wanted the ability to write amazing lyrics, but only ended up with a lame chorus? Try writing poetry and turning it into a song. It is fun at times... more »

How to Understand the Benefits of Music

By pj69

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Music is genuinely deep. Some people hear music and just sing to it. Some people listen to music and they hear everything; they critique and hear, if not everything, a lot of the different parts in a song. In playing music for so many years it ... more »

How to Understand The Music Business

By Amara

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Further knowledge about the music industry.. more »

How to Unmask Ratings Systems as Vulgarity and Violence Themselves

By Michael Motta

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American culture is obsessed with sex and violence, so much so that we often overlook the obvious when assessing films, television, music and even books! We tend to atomize cultural production and make a checklist of good versus evil instead of ... more »

How to use a mac as a guitar amp

By Tony240sx

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If you have a mac you can use garageband as an amplifier for any electric guitar. Its easy to set up and you can get really amazing tones with the built in presets and customizing features... more »

How to use an Online Guitar Tuner..

By CARSON BAILEY

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When you play guitar at home and use the computer in the same room.. you can pick up the guitar and practice while your downloading a huge file. But it is just imperative that you have well tuned guitar, even to practice! So why not use the ... more »

How to Use Background Music

By eHow Arts & Entertainment Editor

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Music is a virtually inescapable part of society. Whether we are turning up the radio or hardly even aware of the music in our environment, it is nonetheless present. Many studies have analyzed the effects of background music--music we may or may ... more »

How to Use E-drums

By Henry

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E-drums, also referred to as V-drums, have come a long way since they first came to prominence in the eighties. Back then, electronic drum sets sounded decidely electronic. Today’s e-drums mimic acoustic sets, but they can play a variety of ... more »

How to Use Electric Guitar Feedback

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Electric guitar feedback occurs when the sound from the amplifier "feeds back" to the still vibrating strings. This effect produces more sound through the amplifier and continues the cycle. Feedback is considered undesirable in most genres, but ... more »

How to Use Piano Staccato and Legato Techniques

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Trumpeters, clarinetists and even singers all control the amount of air passing through their instruments to change their notes' phrasing and volume. Once a musician strikes the keys of a piano, however, the sound coming from the strings can't be ... more »

How to Use Proper Microphone Technique When Singing

By Thomas Schueneman

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As a singer you've spent years honing your craft, learning to use your voice as a musical instrument. As you move onto the stage you'll need to master one more skill to insure all your hard work is shown in its best light: microphone technique. ... more »

How to Use Tenor Saxophone Reeds for Beginners

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Other than learning basic fingerings and learning to read sheet music, one of the most important things for tenor saxophone beginners to learn is how to use reeds. The sound of a tenor saxophone comes from a reed, so properly selecting and ... more »

How to Use the Clarinet Register Key

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If you are a beginning clarinet player who is just learning how to play notes and read music, then you must also learn about the register key. Found above the hole where you place your left thumb, it makes the clarinet jump to a different set of ... more »

How to Use the Equalizer on Guitar Amps

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Guitar amps have equalizers that consist of a treble, middle and bass knobs and you can adjust these knobs to produce certain tones. This discusses how to use the equalizer on guitar amps to achieve a pleasing, neutral sound... more »

How to use the Transpo Capo

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This is how to use the new Transpo Capo, which is a short cut partial capo and a standard capo in one -- very cool!.. more »