eMedia Guitar Method
New expanded version of the world's best-selling beginning guitar CD-ROM! There are 165 comprehensive lessons covering everything from the basics through chord strumming, playing melodies and fingerpicking. New modern rock chapter includes various contemporary strumming styles, movable power chords and power chord riffs. Now with over 50 full-motion videos including split-screens and close-ups of both hands. Includes an animated fretboard, multi-track audio, variable-speed MIDI and over 70 popular songs. This new version also includes a new rock version of "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" in the style of Guns N' Roses. Also features an automatic tuner, digital metronome, one-track recorder and 250-chord dictionary!
70+ Songs
Guitar Method 1 features songs covering rock, blues, classical, country and folk genres to make learning fun and memorable. Dynamic, multi-track audio has been added to our latest version which includes many hit songs popularized by artists such as Bob Dylan ("Knockin' on Heaven's Door"), Rolling Stones/Doors ("Little Red Rooster"), the Steve Miller Band ("Rock N' Me"), Heart ("Dreamboat Annie"), Rod Stewart/Tom Waits ("Downtown Train") and the Grateful Dead ("Uncle John's Band"). Also included are popular songs such as "Scarborough Fair," "La Bamba," "Midnight Special," "Ode to Joy," "Minuet," "Greensleeves," "House of the Rising Sun" and many others.
Music Notation Display Options
Learn via guitar tablature or standard music notation through this easily accessible menu option.
Full Motion Video
Professional guitar instructor Kevin Garry, Ph.D., guides you in over 30 videos with demonstrations of techniques.
Animated Fretboard
Displays fingering positions as the music plays. It allows you to see exactly how to play the song on a guitar fretboard as you hear the music. Music tracking highlights the notes being played on the screen, making it simple to follow along. Includes option for both right- and left-handed views.
Variable-speed MIDI
Slows down the audio to any tempo, while the Animated Fretboard shows song fingering as the music plays. Learn at the pace best suited to your skill level!
165 Step-by-Step Lessons
Arranged in ten chapters, the lessons cover the basics from holding/stringing/tuning the guitar to playing chords and melodies, culminating in an explanation of fingerpicking styles and reading standard music notation. Lessons include a variety of exercises and songs. In total, there are over 30 full-motion videos and over three hours of audio and video! On-screen teacher Kevin Garry, Ph.D., provides clear and friendly instruction.
Automatic Tuner
Tune your guitar quickly and easily. A precision gauge allows you to play into your computer's microphone and immediately get feedback to see if you're too high or too low. Full audio reference notes also provided.
Chord Dictionary
Includes fingering charts and recorded sounds for over 250 chords. Easy access helps you learn songs with new chords quickly. An indispensable reference tool!
Digital Metronome
Allows you to set your own tempo and work on your picking speed, rhythm and timing. Provides both visual cue and/or audio tick. Full range of tempi, from largo to presto.
Digital Recorder
Record and play yourself back! This feature allows you to compare your recordings with the instructor's version, fine tune your skills and store musical ideas.
eMedia Intermediate Guitar Method
Learn to play lead guitar and more! Everything you need to take your playing beyond basic chords and melodies. New techniques are demonstrated in over 175 lessons with full-motion video, variable-speed MIDI, recorded audio and an animated fretboard. You'll learn to play solos like the ones Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix made famous, using newly acquired lead guitar skills. You'll also find rhythm and fingerstyle chapters, plus lessons on the basics of improvisation. The new scale directory provides fingerings, recordings and variable-speed MIDI for over 200 scales. Additional accessories include an automatic tuner, digital metronome, recorder and 1000-chord dictionary with audio playback.
Intermediate Guitar Method features over 50 songs including:
"All Along the Watchtower" -- made famous by Bob Dylan
"All Along the Watchtower" -- rock version made famous by Jimi Hendrix
"Spoonful" -- made famous by Eric Clapton, Willie Dixon, and The Rolling Stones
"Jet Airliner" -- The Steve Miller Band
"Drive On" -- Johnny Cash
"Time in a Bottle" -- Jim Croce
"Fur Elise" -- Ludwig van Beethoven
"Malaguena" -- Ernesto Lecuona
"Touch of Grey" -- The Grateful Dead
"I'm Your Captain/Closer to Home" -- Grand Funk Railroad
"Too Much to Lose" -- made famous by Jeff Beck
"Sloop John B" -- made famous by the Beach Boys.
Features
Music Notation or Tablature: Every screen can be displayed in either guitar tablature or standard music notation with an easily accessible menu option.
Audio Tracking
Highlighting of the music and lyrics as they're heard makes it easy to follow along on guitar.
Full Motion Video
Professional guitar instructor Kevin Garry, Ph.D., guides you in over 30 videos with demonstrations of techniques.
Animated Fretboard
Watch the fretboard come alive with real-time display of notes, including bends, vibrato and slides! Includes both right- and left-handed views from both the perspective of looking down at your guitar and across at an instructor's guitar.
Variable-speed MIDI
Slows down the audio to any tempo, while the Animated Fretboard shows song fingering as the music plays. Learn at the pace best suited to your skill level!
Over 175 Step-by-Step Lessons
You'll learn to play solos like the ones Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix made famous, using newly acquired skills such as hammer-ons, pull-offs, bends, vibrato and slides. Barre chords and different strumming styles are covered in the rhythm chapters, and there's a fingerstyle chapter as well. Intervals, scales and the basics of improvisation are also covered in this comprehensive volume.
Scale Directory
Fingerings, recordings and variable-speed MIDI for over 150 scales make practicing and learning new scales easy. When scales are introduced in the lesson material, they are followed by sample songs applying those scales, making the learning experience practical and fun.
Music Theory
An interactive circle of fifths helps teach music theory and is linked to scales in the scale directory. Intervals, chord construction, the basics of improvisation, and modes are also covered in Intermediate Guitar Method.
Automatic Tuner
Tune your guitar quickly and easily. A precision gauge allows you to play into your computer's microphone and immediately get feedback to see if you're too high or too low. Full audio reference notes also provided.
Chord Dictionary
Includes fingering charts and recorded sounds for over 1000 chords. Easy access helps you learn songs with new chords quickly. An indispensable reference tool!
Metronome
Digital Metronome
Allows you to set your own tempo and work on your picking speed, rhythm and timing. Provides both visual cue and/or audio tick. Full range of tempos, from largo to presto.
Digital Recorder
Record and play yourself back! This feature allows you to compare your recordings with the instructor's version, fine tune your skills and store musical ideas.
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