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A great way to learn to rock! With over 100 audio and video-enhanced guitar lessons, you start learning to play rock hits from the ground up, including songs from Black Sabbath, Blue Oyster Cult, Silverchair and more! The innovative teaching style presents rock songs, chords, riffs and gear tips in an exciting, fast-paced learning format that requires no previous music experience. You'll quickly be playing your favorite hit songs! Instructor Charles McCrone, a graduate of the cutting-edge Guitar Institute of Technology, with over 25 years of playing and teaching experience, guides you through a variety of techniques needed to play rock, punk and metal. These include movable power chords, barre chords, effects pedals, yanks, hammer-ons, pull-offs, palm muting, distorted riffs, the blues scale, using feedback, the whammy bar and more! ... Read more

Features

• Over 90 songs & riffs to learn
• Over 100 lessons from a Guitar Institute of Technology graduate
• Hosted by radio personality Steve Rock of KISW’s “Metal Shop”
• Techniques include movable power chords, hammer-ons, distorted riffs & more
• Equipment tips include using distortion, whammy bar, feedback, wah pedal & more

Reviews (2)

Quick start for beginning guitarist
I found this to be a very good teaching tool to learn to play rock style music. I have never played the guitar before only the violin for eight years while in school. Now I am in my thirties and thought it would be too difficult to learn to play. I have been through the first four lessons and so far it is great. I can work at my own pace, repeat sections I find difficult and play actual songs with lyrics. It is great to play real music not just practice the chords and riffs (although practice is required, it is just more fun). Great piece of sofware. I combined this with a couple of books to study when not at the computer and this worked great for me. Great job eMedia. I look forwrard to additional eMedia song books for rock music.

Great so far!
Though I've odered many times with Amazon, this is the first time I have been excited enough to review a product!I'm an adult who wants to learn guitar for fun and didn't want to play "Mary had a little lamb" and scales for months.I have only used the software for about an hour, and have already been playing parts of songs I actually like!I have been playing guitar for a total of one week prior to receiving this (without any instruction).This is perfect if you don't have the patience or desire to learn the traditional way.I wish I had this when I was 14, I would have loved it.

I can't vouch for the whole thing yet, since I've only played with it for an hour, so I give it 4 stars instead of five.From what I've seen I have no reason to expect that it will let me down and highly recommend it. ... Read more

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This CD-ROM will set a new standard for piano/keyboard instructional software. The on-screen instructor is Irma Irene Justicia, M.A., a popular piano teacher who has taught at the renowned Juilliard School of Music. Students of all ages can learn the skills needed for sight-reading and playing music on their own. The method is song-based, including songs from eMedia's best-selling Guitar Method, so students can play together as they learn. Colorful MIDI accompaniments will help make practicing with simple songs exciting, and quizzes will reinforce skills learned. All throughout, custom interactive technology offers feedback to help students correct any mistakes made while playing. With an estimated 250 lessons, the title will be a comprehensive yet fun and easy to use beginning course! ... Read more

Features

• Over 100 songs included
• Powerful piano learning toolset
• Interactive feedback when using MIDI-connected keyboard
• Over 300 step-by-step lessons with 70 video demonstrations
• Develop sight reading, ear training, finger technique and more

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Great product
I was completely new to music when I bought this set (CD-ROM and keyboard).I think it is great.It walks you through the basics and when you start playing the music has numbers on it that match up to your fingers (1-5) so you can play as you get the hang of reading music.Gradually they remove some of the numbers so your music reading skills improve.

The software grades your playing with a percentage score, and gives you details on your errors (if you want them).

Also, it includes short videos of a person playing piano so you can see proper posture and such.Each song comes with (optional) accompaniment, which can make it funner to play (especially with the simple songs).

The keyboard that comes with it (optional) has a solid feel, and is touch-sensitive (pressing harder plays louder).The keyboard plugs into the joystick port (probably on your sound card).

quality product
I got this product yesterday and started to learn by it.
after browsing it and using it for the first 17 lessons this is my impression.
what you get in this product is 100% of quality content and less emphasize on look and graphics.
and if you want to learn playing the keyboard, so the quality of the teaching is more important then other features.

the teacher leading the instruction process using video clips and audio tracks, is Irma Justicia MA which is a experienced piano teacher.
after 17 lessons i fell in love with her .it feels just lilke i'm in a real lesson with her.
for my non proffesinal impression this product is good for absolute beginners to the intermediate level.
it is also said on the product that it is volume 1so probably they are going to issue more products in this piano keyboard line just as they done with the guitar.

cause of the simplicity of the graphics you can use it on any computer,old and new.
but still you get many sophisticated features like interactive feedback using midi cable.

for summary ...GOOD WORK. ... Read more

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Everything you need to know to start singing now. This easy-to-use CD-ROM is for singers of every style and age. Learn the basics of singing, including breathing, posture, warming up, and more. Discover the mind and body connections to singing and learn an easy and comprehensive approach to reading music. Techniques are reinforced with exercises.

The interactive song player lets you adjust tempos, mix accompaniment audio, record performances, and transpose song accompaniments to any key. Use it to learn to sing rock, jazz, blues, and other popular styles. Follow along with the music on the computer screen. With this program, users can teach themselves to sing, even if they have never taken a lesson. The software supports both Windows and Mac platforms. ... Read more

Features

• Many people are daily impersarios - singers in the shower or behind the wheel, while driving
• There are certain nuances, lessons that are vital when you choose to sing with a group - Alfred's Teach Yourself to Sing provides everything you need to know to start singing now
• Designed for beginners - No prior music experience is necessary
• Topics cover virtually any type of singing
• Transpose MIDI file playback so you can customize software to accompany your singing in your 'key'

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Cubase SX 3 Tutorial DVD Level 1 is ideal for new Cubase SX users. This includes users of VST who are new to Cubase SX and its myriad of new features. Level 1 covers the details of setup and layout of Cubase SX 3, the basics of recording and gives comprehensive tutorials on file management.This DVD is a must for everyone using Cubase SX, especially someone wanting a solid foundation of Cubase SX covered by an expert tutor. With over 28 videos this DVD packs in over 2 hours of insightful instruction on Cubase SX 3. Requires computer with DVDRom Drive. Over 2 hours of instructional video. ... Read more

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The Producing Music With Reason CD-ROM:Contains three hours of tutorials and resources for beginners to advanced users. The tutorial will guide you through topics such asCreating Redrum arrangements Using Dr.Rex percussion and loops Tuning Redrum and Dr.Rex loops Creative arrangement and transition ideas Publishing songs online Song structure Principles of synthesis Composing synth bass lines Advanced sampler techniques Mixdown sessions Advanced concepts and more The tutorial covers new Reason 2. ... Read more

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• This complete resiurce features over three hours of multimedia tutorials, covering every subject for beginning or advanced users
• Understand the basics of music theory -- song structure, arrangement, transitionsand more are fully covered
• Get step-by-step instructions on every aspect of Reason 2.0 - build percussion loops, write synth basslines, and learn about synthesis
• Work with new graintable synthesis options, advanced sampling and pro sequencer tools
• Open up a tremendous range of musical possibilities for yourself with this helpful tutorial!

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Contemporary and easy-to-use writing aid contains rhymes, phrases, ideas, and information combined with unique features that pave the road to inspiration for the working songwriter. Dig into dictionaries on rhyming; pop-culture; phrases, idioms, clichs, sayings, word combinations; rhymed-phrases; alliterations;the American Heritage Dictionary; and Roget's II Thesaurus. Includes database management for lyrics, melodies, and information, plus a basic stereo hard disk recorder for storing your melodic ideas. Plus, it provides an on-line song registration service, a library of over 250 MIDI drum loops, and a full-function word processor.The rhymes, phrases, ideas, and information contained in MasterWriter's reference dictionaries, along with the unique features provided, will pave the road to inspiration for the working songwriter. MasterWriter is a very powerful tool which is easy to use, easy to navigate, and fast. It utilizes today's technologies in a manner that streamlines the songwriting creative process.Imagine having everything related to the song you are writing, just a mouse click away. MasterWriter's world-class database allows you to come back to that song the next day, the next month or a year later and you will find all the lyrics, alternate versions, melodic ideas and reference materials exactly as they were when you last worked on that song.In our daily conversation and in our songwriting, we... ... Read more

Features

• Full-function word processor
• Rhyming dictionary with over 100,000 entries
• Pop-culture dictionary with over 11,000 icons of American and World culture
• Dictionary containing over 35,000 phrases, idioms, clichs, sayings and word combinations
• Rhymed-phrases dictionary with over 36,000 entries

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Bass has never been so easy with this beginning level CD-ROM.Features the first 30 step-by-step lessons from eMedia Bass Method. Full motion split-screen video shows multiple angles and close-ups. Includes both multi-track audio and variable-speed MIDI audio, as well as bass-only and no-bass audio options. Also includes an animated fretboard, automatic tuner, recorder and metronome. ... Read more

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The Electric Guitar Coach CD-ROM from Charanga helps you to master all the skills and techniques that'll make you a confident and impressive electric guitarist. At the beginning, you'll build up hand speed and flexibility. As you progress, you'll quickly move on to playing classic songs, riffs and chords that make the electric guitar such an awesome instrument. This CD-ROM for PC features: 5 levels with 25 modules and over 150 lessons ? over 200 video clips including Charanga's famous shots from under the strings ? 9 famous songs by great artists (including Bryan Adams, Black Sabbath, Bush, Eric Clapton, Green Day and others) ? 36 studies covering lead, rhythm, technique and chords ? 96 full-band backing tracks at variable speeds ? an interactive tuner and digital metronome ? and much more. For electric guitarists ages 10 to adult. System requirements: 486/66Mhz or faster processor ? 4x CD-ROM drive ? 16 bit Sound Blaster-compatible sound card ? SVGA, 256-color monitor supporting 640x480 or higher resolution ? Windows 3.1, 95, 98, 2000, ME, NT, XP operating system ? 16MB RAM ? 4 MB hard-disk space ? Mouse ... Read more

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Maestro Max and his choir of singing notes teach the fundamentals of music theory in this award-winning program. Each of Max's 24 lessons ends with a game designed to reinforce new concepts. REQUIREMENTS: Windows 95/ 98/ NT4/ Me/ 2000/ XP *OR* Mac O.S. 7.5 or higher; P133MHz - 16 MB RAM *OR* PowerPC/ iMac/ G3/ G4, 68040 25MHz - 5 MB RAM; 640x480 256-color monitor; 5MB free hard disk space; MPC compatible sound card or General MIDI required; CD-ROM drive & mouse. LESSONS: Intro to the Staff; Intro to the Piano Keyboard; Playing with Pitch; ABC's of the Piano Keyboard; More Piano ABC's; ABC's of the Staff; ABC's of the Treble Staff; More Treble Staff ABC's; Keyboard Review; Below the Treble Staff; Above the Treble Staff; Loud & Soft, Same Pitch; ABC's of the Bass Staff; Above the Bass Staff; Below the Bass Staff; Same Pitch, Different Timbres; ABC's of the Grand Staff; Half Steps & Whole Steps; More ABC's of the Grand Staff; Sharps & Flats; Sharps & Flats on the Staff; More Sharps & Flats on the Staff; Key Signature; Introduction to Major Scales. ... Read more

Features

• Music theory software, 24 lessons; hybrid CD-ROM, for Mac or Windows; for ages 6 & up.
• Educator version tracks the progress of up to 240 users.
• Also includes a teacher's guide of copy-permissible worksheets and awards.

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eMedia Piano and Keyboard Basics CD-ROM offers everything you need to learn how to play. It includes the first 100 step-by-step lessons from eMedia Piano & Keyboard Method with full-motion video demonstrations. Piano teacher Irma Justicia has taught at the renowned Juilliard School of Music. Learn from either the music notation or an animated keyboard. Songs include recorded audio, variable-speed MIDI and MIDI accompaniments. When used with a MIDI keyboard, you can get specific feedback on playing mistakes. Also includes a digital metronome and recorder. ... Read more

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Hal Leonard is pleased to introduce this multimedia CD-ROM series from eMedia Music, the leading publisher of music instruction software. The Beginner's Guitar Course offers an exciting way to quickly learn to play guitar. Professional guitar instructor Kevin Garry, Ph.D. guides with video demonstrations of techniques. Songs and exercises can be heard as either live recorded audio or variable-speed MIDI tracks. As the music plays, an animated fretboard guides the student through the correct fingerings. Each volume includes valuable accessories: an automatic tuner, metronome, chord dictionary and recorder. The multimedia lessons and built-in accessories offer tremendous value and make learning fun and easy!Volume 1 ? Introducing the Guitar with Chords and Strumming : Over 40 easy-to-follow lessons range from basics like holding and stringing the guitar to playing chords and strumming techniques. ... Read more

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guitar chord library for your Palm Pilot ... Read more

Features

• Over 4,000 chord voicings
• Intuitive menus help navigation
• Convenient installation software
• Displays all chords for both right- and left-handed musicians
• Excellent for musicians from beginners to advanced

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Intermediate Guitar Coach is an outstanding collection of songs and solos that will give you many hours of guitar playing pleasure. Having mastered the basics of guitar playing, you realize what a versatile instrument the guitar is, and what a great many possibilities there are for further study and enjoyment. This CD-ROM for PCs provides you with a vast range of songs and solos to help you build up a really impressive repertoire while you develop your skill level and understanding in many new areas. An incredible array of multimedia features - including over 100 videos, real time minus-one backing tracks, variable speed practice tracks and Guitar Karaoke tracks - ensure that you'll enjoy every aspect of playing and learning using Intermediate Guitar Coach. Includes songs by famous bands and artists including The Eagles, Radiohead, The Black Crowes, The Everly Brothers, Squeeze and Robbie Williams.Pentium IBM-compatible PC 233 MHz or faster ? 256-color monitor supporting 800 x 600 screen resolution ? Windows(TM) 98/ME/2000/XP operating system ? 16-bit Sound Blaster? compatible sound card ? 8x CD-ROM drive ? 64 MB RAM ... Read more

Amazon.com Review

eMedia Guitar Method, Vol. 1 eliminates any excuse you may have forleaving your guitar sitting dormant and dusty in the corner. Designed with thebeginner in mind, this software offers more than 150 lessons, includingeverything from how to hold your guitar to chord progressions and fingerpickingtechniques. Plus, the exercises are accompanied by full-motion video, helpfulaudio advice, and an animated fretboard. Add in a digital metronome, digitalrecorder, and an automatic tuner, and your rationalizations for not learning arenull and void.

After setting aside just a couple of minutes for installation and setup, you'reready to go. Upon launching the software, you're given a complete table ofcontents, making it easy to access whichever lesson you want to start on. Ifyou've never picked up a guitar, the first few lessons are handy, guiding youthrough different types of guitars, how to string a guitar, tuning, holding, andfinger position. All the language is simple and easy to understand, and beforelong you're playing your first song.

Two of the nicest features are the animated fretboard and full-motion videos.The video demonstrations are perfect for people who may need to hear things morethan once or twice. Want to see just how your fingers should be positioned forthat full G chord? Just click and watch as many times as you want. And forlearning to play songs, the animated fretboard is great, showing you just whichfingers go where and when. And the more than 70 songs included are good, too,ranging among such artists as Bob Dylan, the Grateful Dead, Heart, and the SteveMiller Band.

Teaching yourself to play guitar can be frustrating and boring. Fortunately,eMedia has made learning guitar interesting, uncomplicated, and just plain fun.--Joshua Goldman ... Read more

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• Mac

Reviews (17)

Very useful and eMedia will exchange.
In response to a previous review, eMedia will take back their products. I got Guitar Method 2 from a store and it was a little too difficult because I've only been playing for about 2 months. eMedia was very nice and exchanged it for Guitar Method 1. Make sure you do it in 30 days. The program is very helpful and my progress has rapidly accelerated. I'll probably end up getting the second level after all. I also really like Zen and the Art of Guitar for a little inspiration.

Product is cheaky
This product doesn't do the justice of teaching guitar well

Get's you playing fast!
I've really struggled with guitar books for many months now but I got this CD-ROM for X-mass and I've really made a lot of progress. Having an instructor on call to see first hand how to play a chord or strum is such a plus. You can slow all the songs down to whatever speed you need them, which is also handy. I'll definitely move on to the next level.

INCOMPLETE
I got a box with only asongs cd for macintosh.That's all that was in the box.To top it off I don't have a mac.I am running a pentium with windows.This is not good.

Excellent Tool
I haven't played in about 10 years.This helped as a refresher course.Great presentation of the material. ... Read more

Features

• For the beginner with no prior training, learning to play the piano can be very difficult
• Fortunately, there's an easier way to learn the piano -- with your computer
• Learning piano rhythms is made simple
• Get a solid grip on the basics -- chords and scales
• Learn finger aerobics to make playing easier

Reviews (2)

Get Voyetra "Teach Me Piano"
I already owned the Voyetra teach me piano and went ahead and bought the Alfred version because it looked more up to date and slicker looking.Well, be that as it may, it's mostly quicktime videos with a guy giving you general lessons.

The MIDI implentation is virtually nill compared to Voyetra (sp?). I didn't realize how good Voyetra "Teach Me Piano" was until I tried this product.I am going to try and bring it back to Borders...It's that bad...Don't get it..

Very dry and uninspiring
This is a very disappointing piece of software. It's not interactive at all - it's more like a book on CD-ROM. They give you a tiny screen and let you flip pages. Not suitable for little kids at all, even thought it says for all ages. BS. ... Read more

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Unisyn provides the most comprehensive sound management features available on the Macintosh and Windows, including seamless integration with Performer. Unisyn gives you all the features you'd expect in a leading editor/librarian. Modify a sound in Unisyn using graphic envelope controls and faders, while getting instant feedback within the context of your music as Performer plays the sequence. Generate entire banks of new sounds with a click of the mouse using Blend, Randomize, and Copy/Paste Parameter features. Unisyn can even share bank names with Performer and other FreeMIDI-compatible software for accurate pop-up sound lists.Unisyn can store thousands of sounds at your fingertips and recall them instantly using database-style search criteria, such as "plucked electric bass" with "bright stereo flange". Frustrated because you can't recreate the settings in your gear for last month's project? Unisyn can do it with a few clicks of the mouse.Fully compatible with Mac OS X Version 10.2 or later. Includes full support for Panther. Shares standard CoreMIDI XML patch lists with Mac OS X, DP4 and any other apps that support this OS X feature. Saves studio snapshots in DP4 projects for easy recall.Over 40 new devices have been added to Unisyn including the Adrenalinn, Korg Triton series, Proteus 2000/2500, Waldorf synths and recent Roland modules like the powerful XV-5080.DP3 users will feel right at home with Unisyn 2.0's new interface. Editors have bee... ... Read more

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Hal Leonard is pleased to introduce this multimedia CD-ROM series from eMedia Music, the leading publisher of music instruction software. The Beginner's Guitar Course offers an exciting way to quickly learn to play guitar. Professional guitar instructor Kevin Garry, Ph.D. guides with video demonstrations of techniques. Songs and exercises can be heard as either live recorded audio or variable-speed MIDI tracks. As the music plays, an animated fretboard guides the student through the correct fingerings. Each volume includes valuable accessories: an automatic tuner, metronome, chord dictionary and recorder. The multimedia lessons and built-in accessories offer tremendous value and make learning fun and easy! Volume 2 ? Playing Rock & Blues : Over 30 easy-to-follow lessons introduce playing rock and blues, including power chords, rock syncopation, palm muting, blues rhythm, the 12-bar blues and more! ... Read more

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Amazing guitar chord CD ROM with FREE chord book included: * Ultimate chord reference tool for guitarists * EASY to use * 1000s of guitar chords * SEE and HEAR each chord * All digital guitar samples-not MIDI * MULTI-CHORD FEATURE: Compose and playback chord progressions * QUICK TUNE guitar tuner included * FREE chord book included CD ROM Compatible with Windows 98, ME, 2000, XP and Apple Mac OS9, OSX ? ... Read more