Are you the type of person who wishes you could sit down at the piano and amaze the crowd with a simple song? Now's your chance! With the help of eMedia's Piano & Keyboard Method 2.0 you'll soon be tickling the ivories like an old pro.

The second edition of this popular instructional series has more than 300 step-by-step piano lessons that take you from the very simple basics, such as what keys are what, hand positions, rhythm, and playing on black keys to more advanced material like reading music notation, sight reading, scales, and much more. And you're not just learning from any run-of-the-mill instructor, but from Irma Irene Justicia, M.A., who previously taught at the Juilliard School of Music. She'll take you along your educational journey in 70 large-format video demonstrations that will help you perfect your techniques.

The intuitive interactive format lets you review your progress, and ear training screens will help reinforce new concepts and develop your ear. If you use an electronic MIDI keyboard during your lessons, it will provide you with instant, specific feedback on notes missed and rhythmical errors, help you see where you've improved and what you may still need to work on. Piano & Keyboard Method 2.0 takes you through the songs and exercises with either the music notation as your guide or by using an animated keyboard that displays fingerings in time with the music. Each song and exercise is enhanced by live recorded audio, variable-speed MIDI keyboard tracks, and colorful MIDI accompaniments.

Best of all, while you become comfortable with your instrument you'll be learning more than 100 popular songs in various genres, from artists as diverse as Billy Joel to Johann Sebastian Bach. Imagine the look on your friends' faces when you lay a little "Piano Man" on them.

eMedia Piano and Keyboard Method Version 2.0 Specifications:

• System requirements:
• Windows: Windows 98/NT/2000/Me/XP/Vista (32-bit)
• CD-ROM drive, sound card, 256+ color display
• 32 MB of free RAM, 31 MB of free disk space
  
  Macintosh: Power PC (or faster), Intel OK
• Mac OS X 10.2+
• CD-ROM drive, 256+ color display
• 32 MB of free RAM, 31 MB of free disk space

eMedia Piano and Keyboard Method Version 2.0 Features:

• Interactive Feedback: get specific feedback on note and rhythm mistakes to help you get it right the next time
• Progress Tracking: personalized reports show your rate of progress, including scores for specific songs, built-in recorder also helps you hear your progress
• Animated Keyboard: displays correct fingerings as the music plays or for any note or chord that you double-click
• Audio Tracks: features vibrant multi-track recordings, colorful MIDI accompaniments, and MIDI tracks that allow you to slow down or speed up the music
• Large-format screens and improved audio and video
• Built-in metronome and recorder
• Mac and PC Compatible
  
  Learn more than 100 songs including:
• "Piano Man" (Billy Joel)
• "Candle in the Wind" (Elton John)
• "Ode to Joy" (Ludwig van Beethoven)
• "America the Beautiful" (Samuel Ward)
• "La Bamba" (Richie Valens, Los Lobos)
• "Minuet in G" (J.S. Bach)
• "Tishomingo Blues" (Spencer Williams)
• "The Entertainer" (Scott Joplin)
• "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" (Bob Dylan)

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