Slowhand

Irrespective of whether you are just learning how to play a musical instrument or you want to enlarge your portfolio of songs that you can play, videos are a great educational source for in this sense.

Slowhand is an application developed to help you transform videos into personalized lessons that include several loops and zoom so that you can preview exactly how to play the instrument of your choice.

The setup is fast, forthright and does not require any special attention from your part. Following the install, the app offers to download the MP4 Codec pack if it does not detect them on your system. If you already have them, then you can skip this step and start managing clips.

Upon launch, you come face to face with a clean and user-friendly interface that features all the available options and functions. You will be happy to learn that the tool does not impose limitations on the type of file that you can use. The same applies to the source, meaning that you can use clips you store on your PC, libraries or you can download them from your favorite online streaming source.

The idea behind the utility is to help you manage the clips in such a way that they become reliable learning sources for new songs or how to play instruments. In other words, the output can be used for personal learning as well as lessons that you can share with your students.

As far as the functions as concerned, the program enables you to create up to six loops, so that you can focus on the passages that you find the most difficult, for instance. You can zoom in so that you can analyze how a certain note or instrument is played. You can also adjust the speed of the playback, an option that permits you to see the note that you hear.

In case you are just getting started with a new musical instrument and you want to learn various tracks to play for your loved ones, then Slowhand enables you to modify the clip so that you can preview all the details necessary to learn the desired songs.