The latest version of the worlds best-selling beginning guitar CD-ROM! Over 180 comprehensive full-screen lessons cover everything from the basics to chord strumming, playing melodies, and fingerpicking. 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., including 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. The Note Tracker shows you what note you’re 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:
• Over 180 comprehensive lessons with options for either tablature or music notation
• Over 50 videos including split-screens and close-ups of both hands
• New interactive feedback on melodies you play
• Over 70 hit songs from artists such as the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Steve Miller and others
• Includes automatic tuner, metronome and 250-chord dictionary
• Support for left-handed animated fretboard with custom skins
Some of the included hit songs are:
“Knockin on Heavens Door”
Acoustic version as by Bob Dylan
Rock version in the style of Guns N’ Roses
“Little Red Rooster” made famous by the Rolling Stones
“Rock N Me” by Steve Miller Band
“Downtown Train” made famous by Rod Stewart
“Uncle Johns Band” by the Grateful Dead
“Scarborough Fair” made famous by Simon & Garfunkel
“Ode to Joy” by Ludwig van Beethoven
“House of the Rising Sun” made famous by the Animals
“La Bamba” made famous by Ritchie Valens and Los Lobos
“Midnight Special” made famous by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Newsweek
"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
"eMedias Guitar Method 1 is the best CD-ROM package Ive seen for guitar instruction."
Nancy Wilson, guitarist/vocalist of HEART
"Guitar Method is the greatest because it centers around playing songs. If its not about playing songs, whats it about?"
PC Magazine
"One of the best programs weve seen in the music-teaching software category."
Editor’s Choice
Mac Addict
"Freakin Awesome!"
