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An instructional CD-ROM equivalent to several thousand dollars worth of private guitar lessons.

Best-selling eMedia Guitar Method makes learning to play guitar fun regardless of the type of instrument you own whether you're a beginner or intermediate player. Learn from the comfort of home with over 160 comprehensive lessons covering everything from the basics to chord strumming, rock styles, playing melodies, and fingerpicking.

Learn over 70 songs including hits from artists such as Bob Dylan and Steve Miller. This version includes larger, easy-to-read screens, enhanced audio and video, and custom animated fretboard skins. Watch more than 50 large-format videos featuring instructor Kevin Garry, Ph.D., including split-screens and close-ups of both hands. Songs and exercises can be heard as either live recorded audio or MIDI tracks you can slow down or speed up. Both guitar tablature and standard music notation are taught in a way that's easy to understand. This guitar instructional CD-ROM is equivalent to several thousand dollars of private instruction and is ideal for beginners seeking exceptional value.

Arranged in ten chapters, the tutorials cover the basics from holding, stringing, and tuning the guitar to playing chords and melodies, culminating in an explanation of fingerpicking styles and reading standard music notation. Guitar instruction contains a variety of exercises and songs. In total, there are over 50 full-motion, large-format videos and over three hours of audio and video. On-screen teacher Kevin Garry provides clear and friendly instruction.

This CD-ROM 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. The music tracking feature highlights the notes being played on the screen, making it simple to follow along. Includes an option for both right- and left-handed views. New fretboard skins include: Rickenbacker, Strat, Gretsch, '59 Les Paul, and more. It's variable-speed MIDI slows down the audio to any tempo and the animated fretboard shows song fingering as the music plays so you can learn at the pace best suited to your skill level.

The automatic tuner includes a precision gauge that 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 are provided. Also, the 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. In addition, the digital recorder allows you to record and play yourself back. This feature allows you to compare your recordings with the instructor's version, fine tune your playing skills, and store your musical ideas.

eMedia Guitar Method - Version 5.0 (CD-ROM) Features:

  • 70 plus songs in a variety of genres
  • Includes dynamic, enhanced, multi-track audio playback of hit songs popularized by well-known artists, such as: Bob Dylan ("Knockin' on Heaven's Door"), Rolling Stones/The 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")
  • Includes popular songs like: "Scarborough Fair," "La Bamba," "Midnight Special," "Ode to Joy," "Minuet," "Greensleeves," and "House of the Rising Sun."
  • Over 160 step-by-step guitar lessons
  • Larger, easier-to-use interface with a content window size increased by 25%
  • Animated fretboard with six different skins
  • Over 50 large-format videos with demonstrations of techniques by Kevin Garry, Ph.D.
  • Audio-tracking allows highlighting of the music and lyrics as they're heard, making it easy to follow along
  • Variable-speed MIDI
  • Automatic tuner with precision gauge
  • Digital metronome
  • Digital recorder

Be in total control of your guitar tutorials the easy and affordable way when you buy Version 5 of eMedia's Guitar Method CD-ROM today.

eMedia Guitar Method - Version 5.0 (CD-ROM) Specifications:

  • System Requirements:

    Windows:
  • Windows 98/NT/2000/Me/XP/Vista
  • 16 MB of free RAM, 40 MB of free hard disk space
  • PC soundcard, CD-ROM

    Macintosh:
  • Power PC (or faster), Intel OK
  • Mac OS X 10.1 or later
  • 16 MB of free RAM, 83MB of free hard disk space, CD-ROM

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