Two Really Easy Magic Tricks to Learn

If you are looking for a couple of really easy magic tricks to learn that you can try on your friends then the two following ones will be perfect for you. Some people are unable to master anything to complicated and so coming up with a couple of easy options is a great idea. Of course, you'll need to do a bit of practice first - watching yourself perform in front of a mirror is a good way - but then you'll be ready for show time! Both you and your friends will be surprised at how effective these simple tricks are. Give them a go now and check the reaction of your audience.

The two tricks here are both very simple to execute and will simply use a little bit of misdirection in order to make sure that your audience is not focusing on the little tricks you are pulling off. So don't look the other way while I'm showing you what to do - that's something your audience should be doing when you're performing this magic.

The first trick goes as follows. Grab yourself a deck of cards and get someone to pick out any card from the deck. When they are trying to remember it very sneakily turn the bottom card over and then flip the whole deck. Use a fresh pack if you want to make extra sure that no-one thinks you've marked them beforehand.

Now get then to replace the card anywhere into the deck without you looking at where they are putting it. Then find their card behind your back by turning over the top card that you had already flipped and hand the cards back to the person. They will flick through them and their card will be turned the opposite way from the others.

Next try this easy trick. Shuffle up the cards once of twice. Then have a sneaky look at the bottom card without them seeing you. Now drop the cards from the bottom onto the ground and ask someone to say stop once you have reached the tenth or so card.

Keep an eye on the bottom card that you memorised and then pile the cards that you dropped with the bottom one to the top. Now show them this top card but not yourself and have them reshuffle the pack without you looking. All you have to do now is baffle them by finding their card using magic.

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Can You Really Learn Magic Tricks From YouTube Videos?

With tens of thousands of magic tutorial videos on YouTube, this article will help you sort through the endless amateur videos and learn professional magic tricks and effects from some of magic's newest innovators.

No one can deny the influence YouTube has had on the internet. With over 800 million unique users a month and roughly 60 hours of video uploaded each minute, YouTube utilizes as much bandwidth each year as the rest of the internet combined. If one goes searching, you'll find videos on virtually everything imaginable and tutorials on tens of thousands of different subjects - magic not being the least of them.

Because of the secrecy surrounding magic and the practice and performance of magic tricks, videos on YouTube attempting to disclose these secrets are endless. Search for 'easy magic tricks' or 'magic trick tutorials' and the results will number in the tens of thousands. Unfortunately, quantity far exceeds the actual quality. The number of young and/or inexperienced video posters probably outnumber the good ones at least fifty to one.

This brings us back to our original question.. can you actually learn magic from YouTube?

First, I'm not going to get in to the moral and philosophical question of whether or not one should publish magic tutorials on YouTube. The videos are there.. and they are NOT going away. Second, many of the videos demonstrate effects and variations of effects and techniques that are readily available in classic magic publications and obtainable by anyone with a library card or a credit card and internet access. I'm not going to get in to copyrighted vs. public domain either. If a tutorial is of copyrighted material, then the copyright holder can request the material (video) be removed.

That said, lets assume the videos we're talking about are legal and/or original.

Personally, I have discovered several magic channels on YouTube that regularly publish outstanding tutorials. If you want to learn card magic, card tricks, and both mental and mathematical magic card tricks, you can learn enough impressive magic to keep you busy for months. Same for magic with paper, silks, matches, dice, balloons, birds, coins, magnets, glass bottles and a host of other forms of magic.

There are also categories of magic ideal of street magic, parlour magic, and walk around magic. Exploration of YouTube will disclose tricks and effects you'll not find in print.

As diverse as the subject matter, YouTube's one big drawback is the time limit. Since most videos are limited to ten minutes or less, all the nuances and fine points that make an effect magical are usually missing. This is the argument for magic books, extended DVDs, and mentoring. Some things simply cannot be taught in a matter of minutes.

Although I am a fan of methods of learning that offer me the greatest chance of success, I can't ignore YouTube. There is simply too much material, too much original thinking and ideas, and too many video tutorials for me to choose to pass on this endless pool of resources.

If you want to discover the best YouTube has to offer, search for 'magic trick tutorials', and 'card trick tutorials'. Also, Google search for 'best YouTube magic trick channels'.

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