Emedia Guitar

The latest version of the world's best-selling beginning guitar CD-ROM! 182 comprehensive full-screen lessons cover everything from the basics to chord strumming, playing melodies, and fingerpicking. New interactive feedback on melodies and interactive quizzes help make learning tablature and music notation easy. Covers folk, blues, classical and rock styles, including a modern rock chapter with various strumming styles, movable power chords and power chord riffs. Over 50 large-format videos from instructor Kevin Garry, Ph.D., include split-screens and close-ups of both hands. Learning guitar is made fun with over 70 songs, including famous hits from artists such as Bob Dylan, the Grateful Dead, and Steve Miller. Songs are recorded live and hits even have multi-track full band accompaniment. As the songs play, an animated fretboard guides you through the fingerings, and MIDI tracks allow you to slow down and loop parts of the music for practice. This latest version offers fully scalable lesson screens, an option for full-screen video and interactive feedback for melodies. The Note Tracker shows you what note youre playing and Instant Feedback tracks your progress through the melody as you play. eMedia Guitar Method is the ultimate way to learn how to play guitar!Features:182 comprehensive lessons with options for either tablature or music notationOver 50 videos including split-screens and close-ups of both handsNew interactive feedback on melodies you playOver 70 hit songs from artists such as the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Steve Miller and others Includes automatic tuner, metronome and 250-chord dictionarySupport for left-handed animated fretboard with custom skinsSome of the included hit songs are:Knockin' on Heaven's DoorAcoustic version as by Bob DylanRock version in the style of Guns N RosesLittle Red Rooster made famous by the Rolling StonesRock N' Me by Steve Miller BandDowntown Train made famous by Rod StewartUncle John's Band by the Grateful DeadScarborough Fair made famous by Simon & GarfunkelOde to Joy by Ludwig van BeethovenHouse of the Rising Sun made famous by the AnimalsLa Bamba made famous by Ritchie Valens and Los LobosMidnight Special made famous by Creedence Clearwater RevivalNewsweek'Top 50 educational CD-ROM of the year!'Peter Frampton'The ultimate way to learn how to play guitar!' Jon Chappell, editor of Guitar One magazine'eMedia's Guitar Method 1 is the best CD-ROM package I've seen for guitar instruction.' Nancy Wilson, guitarist/vocalist of HEART'Guitar Method is the greatest because it centers around playing songs. If it's not about playing songs, what's it about?' PC Magazine'One of the best programs we've seen in the music-teaching software category.'Editors ChoiceMac Addict'Freakin' Awesome!'