Manufacturer's Description for eMedia Piano Method Deluxe Tutorial Pack
This CD-ROM offers over 300 step-by-step lessons starting from basics such as hand position, rhythm and playing on black keys, and moving on to music notation, sight reading, scales and much more! Piano teacher Irma Irene Justicia, M.A., who has taught at the renowned Juilliard School of Music, guides you with video demonstrations of techniques. Songs and exercises are enhanced by live recorded audio, variable-speed MIDI keyboard tracks and colorful MIDI accompaniments. Interactive review and ear training screens help reinforce new concepts and develop your ear. When used with an electronic MIDI keyboard, you can get specific feedback on playing mistakes, including wrong notes and rhythms. You'll learn how to play and learn a lot about music as well!
Over 100 Songs
Piano & Keyboard Method features music from classics to popular modern hits to make learning fun! Multi-track audio and colorful MIDI accompaniments enhance the learning experience, and our Method includes hits popularized by artists such as Billy Joel ("Piano Man"), Elton John ("Candle in the Wind"), Los Lobos ("La Bamba"), Bob Dylan ("Knockin' on Heaven's Door"), Scott Joplin ("The Entertainer"), Ludwig van Beethoven ("Ode to Joy"), Spencer Williams ("Tishomingo Blues") and many others.
Piano Fingering and Guitar Chords
The piano fingerings help teach you the correct fingering for each note. Guitar chords are included so a friend who is learning guitar can play along with you. Piano fingerings and guitar chords can be toggled on or off for any screen.
Full Motion Video
Professional piano instructor Irma Irene Justicia, M.A., who has taught at the renowned Juilliard School of Music, guides you with over 70 videos with demonstrations of techniques. Many of the videos include split-screen displays with close-ups for a clearer perspective.
Animated Keyboard
Displays color-coded fingerings as the music plays. It allows you to see exactly how to play the song on a keyboard as you hear the music. Music tracking highlights the notes being played on the screen, making it simple to follow along.
Multi-track recorded audio
High-quality multi-track recorded audio is included for every song and exercise. Audio playback options include piano only, voice only, and full audio including both piano and voice.
Variable-Speed MIDI
Slows down the audio to any tempo, while the Animated Keyboard shows song fingering as the music plays. You can play along and learn at the pace best suited to your skill level!
MIDI playback options let you select left or right hand only, or a tick metronome track to play along with. Colorful variable-speed MIDI accompaniments are also available and can be fun to play along with!
316 Step-by-Step Lessons
Arranged in twelve chapters, the lessons cover the basics such as hand position, rhythm and playing on black keys, then moves on to more advanced concepts such as music notation, sight reading, intervals, chords and scales. On-screen teacher Irma Irene Justicia, M.A., provides clear and friendly instruction.
Interactive Feedback
When using an electronic MIDI-compatible keyboard, you can get specific feedback on note and rhythm mistakes made while playing to help you get it right the next time! Clicking on an individual feedback balloon brings up a keyboard showing you exactly what mistake was made and what should have been played. Also, an overall percentage score summarizes how well you did on the song.
Keyboard Tips
With the click of a button, you can get suggestions as to which "voice" to use on your MIDI keyboard to get the best sound for the song!
Ear Training Review
Reviews and Ear Training
Interactive review and ear training screens help reinforce new concepts and develop your ear.
Digital Metronome
Allows you to set your own tempo and work on your 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 share your recordings with friends and family.
eMedia Intermediate Piano and Keyboard Method
Over 150 lessons and 50 songs with a focus on blues, classics, conventional scales, chord progressions, improvisation and other techniques necessary for mastering the piano.
This CD-ROM is a comprehensive musical experience. It teaches you to improve your playing, gain control of the keyboard, and develop your musicianship. You'll learn to play pieces by famous composers in a broad range of musical styles, from Baroque to the present. You will also develop your musical creativity by learning how to improvise. Vadim Ghin, M.A., who has taught at the renowned Juilliard School of Music, guides you with video demonstrations of techniques and practical advice that will elevate your playing to a new standard. Alongside conventional scales, chord progressions and finger techniques, you will learn
the blues form, scales and patterns needed to create your own improvisations and songs.
Features
Vadim Ghin, author of the innovative eMedia Intermediate Piano and Keyboard Method CD-ROM, holds a Masters Degree in Piano from the Julliard School of Music, and has taught extensively at Julliard, New York University, and the Manhattan School of Music.
Over 150 lessons offer a comprehensive curriculum that will give the intermediate piano player the skills needed to take their playing to the next level. Beginning with intervals and expanded hand positions, the lessons progress through building dexterity, advanced rhythms and transitions, interpretive expression marks and voicing, and finally to blues, improvisation based on the blues, and the piano in ensemble.
Song Highlighting and Looping
Highlight an entire page, or just a portion of a song, and loop it for playback at whatever speed you are comfortable playing. Selected loops are now introduced with the MIDI tick count-off, so there's enough time to get your hands back to the keyboard to play along. Thus you can follow along regardless of what section of the piece you're working on.
Full Motion Video
Professional piano instructor Vadim Ghin, M.A., guides you with over 50 full-motion videos demonstrating techniques. Many of the videos include split-screen displays with close-ups for a clearer perspective.
Animated Keyboard
Displays color-coded fingerings as the music plays. It allows you to see exactly how to play the song on a keyboard as you hear the music. Music tracking highlights the notes being played on the screen, making it simple to follow along.
Multi-track recorded audio
High-quality multi-track recorded audio is included for every song and exercise.
Variable-Speed MIDI
Slows down the audio to any tempo, while the Animated Keyboard shows song fingering as the music plays. You can play along and learn at the pace best suited to your skill level!
MIDI playback options let you select left or right hand only, or a tick metronome track to play along with.
Orchestral Accompaniment
Selected pieces include orchestral accompaniment and even a jazz band to play along with.
Interactive Feedback
For selected exercises, when using an electronic MIDI-compatible keyboard, you can get specific feedback on note and rhythm mistakes. Clicking on an individual feedback balloon brings up a keyboard showing you exactly what mistake was made and what should have been played. Also, an overall percentage score summarizes how well you did on the exercise.
Reviews and Ear Training
Interactive review and ear training screens help reinforce new concepts and develop your ear.
Digital Metronome
Allows you to set your own tempo and work on your 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 to the instructor's version, fine tune your skills and share your recordings with friends and family.
Over 50 Songs Including:
- Ecossaise -- Beethoven
- Hungarian Rhapsody -- Liszt
- Swan Lake -- Tchaikovsky
- The Sorcerer's Apprentice -- Dukas
- Fourth Ballade -- Chopin
- St. Louis Blues -- W. C. Handy
- The Schoolhouse Blues -- Irving Berlin
- Third Piano Concerto -- Rachmaninoff
- Twenty-First Piano Concerto -- Mozart
- Jelly Roll Blues -- "Jelly Roll" Morton
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Minimum System RequirementsWindowsWindows XP/Vista/Windows 7
PC soundcard, CD-ROM
MacintoshPower PC (or faster), Intel OK
Mac OS X 10.2 or later
CD-ROM
- Dimensions and Weight in Packaging
- Shipping Weight: 1 lbs
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Shipping Dimensions:
10 x
8 x
4 in
