Product Description
The 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 finger-picking. The 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, multitrack audio, variable-speed MIDI and over 70 popular songs. This version also includes a 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 it, 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 finger-picking 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 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. Many 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, testing your lead guitar skills. You'll also find rhythm and fingerstyle chapters, plus lessons on the basics of improvisation. The 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 advanced skills like 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 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 advanced 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.
eMedia Guitar Songs
Learn to play hit songs in all styles, including rock, blues, country, classical and folk genres. This version now has a variable-speed MIDI track for slowing down the music and separate audio tracks including no-guitar, guitar-only and bass-only. eMedia Guitar Songs presents over 20 songs made famous by artists such as Eric Clapton, Melissa Etheridge, Heart, Willie Nelson, Bonnie Raitt, Santana, Talking Heads, Stevie Ray Vaughan, The Who and more. Song playing tips are included for both bass and guitar players. Includes a realistic animated fretboard which now even shows bends and vibrato in addition to fingering positions in real-time. Also includes an automatic tuner and metronome. Options for guitar tablature or standard notation available on each song.
Famous Songs: eMedia has chosen 21 songs by legendary artists for Guitar Songs. This is the easiest way to learn how to play classic songs. You have the option to learn using either guitar tablature or standard music notation. In addition, the music tracking feature highlights tablature or notation in real-time as the music plays, making it easy to follow along. Sections of music can be highlighted, looped and even slowed down with variable-speed MIDI tracks.
Rock Songs
"Behind Blue Eyes" -- The Who
"Baby, I Love Your Way" -- Peter Frampton (Played and sung by Peter Frampton.)
"Oye Como Va" -- made famous by Santana
"I'm the Only One" -- Melissa Etheridge
"Magic Man" -- Heart (Recordings by Roger Fisher, former guitarist of Heart.)
"That'll Be the Day" -- Buddy Holly
"Truckin'" -- Grateful Dead
Blues Songs
"Before You Accuse Me" -- made famous by Eric Clapton
"The Sky is Cryin'" -- made famous by Stevie Ray Vaughan
"(Sittin' on the) Dock of the Bay" -- Otis Redding
"Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" -- Jim Croce
"Take Me to the River" -- made famous by the Talking Heads
Country Songs
"On the Road Again" -- Willie Nelson
"Blue Moon of Kentucky" -- made famous by Elvis Presley
"Georgia on My Mind" -- made famous by Ray Charles
"I Can't Make You Love Me" -- made famous by Bonnie Raitt
Classical Songs
"Eine Kleine Nachtmusik" -- Mozart
"Lullaby" -- Brahms
"Minuet" -- Bach
Folk
"Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child"
"Swanee River"
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.
Real Instrument Multi-Tracking
You've got the option to zero in on the guitar-only tracks or turn off the guitar track and play along with the rest of the band. Bass-only, no-bass and rhythm-only tracks are also included. Of course, you'll also want to hear the full audio track in all its glory, complete with guitar, rhythm and vocals. Professional studio recordings and authentic instrumentation mean that you'll hear what sounds like the real thing.
MIDI Tracks
Variable-speed MIDI tracks for each song allow you to slow down the music and learn at whatever pace you like.
Jukebox Navigation
Preview and choose songs easily through the animated jukebox. This makes it easy to navigate, with the option to select songs by genre. There's no need to plug in quarters either.
Automatic Tuner
Visually tune your electric or acoustic guitar by playing into a computer microphone. Includes custom tunings for specific songs when needed. Also provides audio reference notes for each string.
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 prestissimo.
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.
Artist Biographies and Photos
Gain insights into the lives of the legends.
Playing Tips
Instructional material presents the chords and tips needed to master the song. Tips for playing the bass part are also included.
eMedia Blues Guitar Legends
eMedia's Blues Guitar Legends interactive/walkthrough demo thoroughly explores all the features of this breakthrough CD-ROM. Along with the narrated slideshow, you can break into the demo and try out four separate song lessons. Enjoy.
Learn how to play classic blues songs from the masters themselves. Blues Guitar Legends can be enjoyed by guitar players of all skill levels. Simplified chord versions of the songs are ideal for beginners, while experienced players can learn note-for-note from the full transcriptions of both lead and rhythm parts. The animated fretboard shows you the fingerings in real-time, so you don't need to read music. Original recordings and variable-speed MIDI tracks let you learn at the tempo you choose. Looping lets you select and repeat tricky sections of a song.
10 Original Artist Recordings:
"Statesboro Blues" performed by The Allman Brothers Band
"Smoking Gun" performed by Robert Cray
"Early In The Morning" performed by Buddy Guy, with Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton
"The Thrill Is Gone" performed by B. B. King
"Hide Away" performed by Freddie King
"Boogie Chillen" performed by John Lee Hooker
"Cherry Red Wine" performed by Jonny Lang
"Crossfire" performed by Stevie Ray Vaughan
"Hoochie Coochie Man" performed by Muddy Waters
"Back Door Man" performed by Howlin Wolf
Full and Simplified Versions of Each Song
Learn to play the song note-for-note or choose the simplified chord version for beginners. Additional MIDI tracks for each version allow you to adjust song tempo to your skill level. Looping feature allows you to highlight and play only a selected portion of the song.
Enhanced CD-ROM
As an enhanced CD-ROM, Blues Guitar Legends can be played either on an audio CD player or on your computer.
Playing Tips
Instructional material presents the chords and tips needed to master the song and also helps you emulate the tone and technique of the blues guitar greats.
Artist Biographies and Photos
Gain insights into the lives of the legends.
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.
Automatic Tuner
Visually tune your electric or acoustic guitar by playing into a computer microphone. Includes custom tunings for specific songs when needed. Also provides audio reference notes for each string.
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.
Recorder
Record and play yourself back. This feature allows you to compare your recordings with the originals, fine tune your skills and store musical ideas.
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