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Piano and Keyboard Method

eMedia Piano and Keyboard Method

Irma Irene Justicia, M.A., a Juilliard School of Music instructor teaches with over 300 step-by-step lessons with over 70 video demonstrations. Learn over 100 popular songs, including hits from Billy Joel and Elton John, from the music notation and animated keyboard. When used with a MIDI keyboard, you receive specific feedback on playing mistakes. The Educational Edition of eMedia Piano and Keyboard Method tracks the progress of up to 250 users per computer and includes a printed teacher’s guide.

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Curriculum Contents Summary:

Introduction

I. Playing on Black Keys - Rhythm
The Piano and Keyboard; Direction of Sound; Counting and Time Signatures; Improvisation on Black Keys with Rhythmic Flashcards; Playing Songs on Black Keys.

II. Playing on White Keys - Notes
Introducing Note Reading; Playing Songs on White Keys in Middle C Position.

III. Tempo, Dynamics and Sight Reading
Tempo Markings; Dynamics Markings; More Songs in Middle C Position; Sight Reading with Twisted Melodies.

IV. Both Hands Playing Together
Playing Accompaniments: Songs with Both Hands Playing Together in Middle C Position; the Sharp, Flat and Natural Signs.

V. Legato and Staccato
More Songs in Middle C Position; Counting Dotted Quarter Notes; Playing Legato, Staccato and the Two-Note Slur.

VI. The C Position and Intervals
Introducing Melodic and Harmonic Intervals; Playing Songs in C Position; Creating Melodies and Harmonies.

VII. Chords and Triads
Introducing Chords and Triads; More Songs in C Position; The C and G7 Chords; How To Make Your Own Accompaniment Using the C and G7 Chords; Broken Chords.

VIII. The G Position and Transposition
The G Position: Melodic and Harmonic Intervals; The G and D7 Chords; Playing Songs in G Position; How to Transpose a Song.

IX. The F Position and Hanon
The F Position: Melodic and Harmonic Intervals; The F and C7 Chords; Playing Songs in F Position; Transposing from F to C; Hanon Study.

X. C Major Scale and I-IV-V7 Chord Progression
Extending the Hand Position, New Melodic and Harmonic Intervals; How to Play Scales; The C Major Scale; C Major Chord Progressions; Songs Using New Intervals, C Major Scale, and Chord Progressions.

XI. G and F Major Scales, Chords and Arpeggios
The G Major Scale and Chord Progressions; Songs in G Major; The F Major Scale and Chord Progressions; Songs in F Major; How to Use the Pedal; Hands Crossing Over with Arpeggio Songs in C, G, and F Major.

XII. A Short Trip into the History of Music
Famous Melodies from the Baroque, Classical and Romantic Periods, and 20th Century American Music: Ragtime, Blues, Rock; Patriotic and Holiday Songs.

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Intermediate Piano and Keyboard Method

eMedia Intermediate Piano and Keyboard Method

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.

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Guitar Method

eMedia Guitar Method v5

The latest version of the world’s best-selling beginning guitar CD-ROM! 182 comprehensive full-screen lessons cover everything from the basics to chord strumming, playing melodies, and fingerpicking. New interactive feedback on melodies and interactive quizzes help make learning tablature and music notation easy. Covers folk, blues, classical and rock styles, including a modern rock chapter with various strumming styles, movable power chords and power chord riffs. Over 50 large-format videos from instructor Kevin Garry, Ph.D., include split-screens and close-ups of both hands.

Learning guitar is made fun with over 70 songs, including famous hits from artists such as Bob Dylan, the Grateful Dead, and Steve Miller. Songs are recorded live and hits even have multi-track full band accompaniment. As the songs play, an animated fretboard guides you through the fingerings, and MIDI tracks allow you to slow down and loop parts of the music for practice. This latest version offers fully scalable lesson screens, an option for full-screen video and interactive feedback for melodies. The Note Tracker shows you what note you’re playing and Instant Feedback tracks your progress through the melody as you play. eMedia Guitar Method is the ultimate way to learn how to play guitar!

Features

  • 182 comprehensive lessons with options for either tablature or music notation
  • Over 50 videos including split-screens and close-ups of both hands
  • New interactive feedback on melodies you play
  • New interactive flash cards and quizzes reinforce your knowledge as you learn
  • Over 70 hit songs from artists such as the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Steve Miller and others
  • Includes Automatic Tuner, Metronome and 250-Chord Dictionary
  • Support for left-handed Animated Fretboard with custom skins
Detailed Curriculum

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Curriculum Contents Summary:

Introduction

I. About the Guitar, Lessons 1 – 11
Types of Guitars; Stringing; Tuning; Holding; Finger Position; Reading Charts; Simple G Chord.

II. Simple Chords and Strumming, Lessons 12 – 25
Songs Introducing Simple C and G7; Full A7, C and D Chords; Double Strum.

III. More Chords and Adding Accents, Lessons 26 – 41
Songs with Accents; Shifting Accents; 3/4 Accented Time; A, Am, D7, E, Em, E7, Full G Chord.

IV. Slash Chords and Chord Progressions, Lessons 42 – 58
Songs with Slash Chords G/B, A/C#; New Chords Am7, Bm, B7, C7, Dm, F, Full G7.

V. Rock Strumming and Power Chords, Lessons 59 – 68
Folk Rock; Syncopation; Power Chords A5, D5, E5; Palm Muting; Contemporary Rock Strumming.

VI. Playing the Blues, Lessons 69 – 77
Introducing the Blues Rhythm: “Corrina,” “Little Red Rooster” and Others; the 12-Bar Blues.

VII. Modern Rock Strumming and Movable Power Chords, Lessons 78 – 87
Movable Power Chords and Riffs; Palm Muting in Modern Rock; Rock/Punk Strums; The Chika.

VIII. Reading Tablature and Playing Melodies, Lessons 88 – 105
Tablature; Rhythmic Notation; Melodies  Folk to Classic; Boogie Woogie Bass; Blues Shuffle.

IX. Bass-Note Strum with Country Tunes, Lessons 106 – 114
Popular Songs with Bass-Note Strum; Bass-Note Double Strum; Alternate Bass-Note Strum.

X. Fingerpicking – from Arpeggio to Travis, Lessons 115 – 125
Introduced in “Scarborough Fair,” “House of the Rising Sun,” “Romanza” and Others.

XI. Reading Standard Music Notation, Lessons 126 – 182
How to Read Music String by String; Rhythm; Time Signatures; Accidentals; Key Signatures.

Appendix
Button Symbols; Commands and Shortcuts; Song Looping; Tools (Animated Fretboard, Recorder, etc).

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Intermediate Guitar Method

eMedia Intermediate Guitar Method

Everything your students need to take their playing beyond basic chords and melodies. New 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, using newly acquired lead guitar skills. You’ll also find rhythm and fingerstyle chapters, plus lessons on the basics of improvisation. The new 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.

Detailed Curriculum

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Curriculum Contents Summary:

Introduction i – xxi
Contents; button symbols; program commands, tuner; chord dictionary; recorder; metronome; guitar set-up; amplification; tablature; music notation; note values; rests; time signatures; fretboard notes.

I. Melodic Guitar – Left-Hand Techniques, Lessons 1 – 41
Hammer-ons, pull-offs, triplet slurs, trills, vibrato, slides and bends introduced in riffs and songs such as "Crawdad Hole", "Jesu", "Largo", "Scarborough Fair", "House of the Rising Sun" and "12-Bar Blues Solo"; the On-line Guitar Archive (OLGA).

II. Rhythm Guitar – Barre Chords, Lessons 42 – 62
E-shape and A-shape barre chords; chord progressions; interactive chord charts for all positions, barre-chord excerpts for "Midnight Special", "Watchtower" and "Touch of Grey"; chord charts; symbols; OLGA.

III. Strumming Styles – Folk, Country, Blues & Rock, Lessons 62 – 90
Bass-strum techniques; shuffle rhythm; palm muting. Songs including “All Along the Watchtower,” “Drive On,” “Touch of Grey,” “Jet Airliner,” “I’m Your Captain,” “Sloop John B”; OLGA.

IV. Using Scales and Building Chords, Lessons 91 – 137
Intervals; scales (major, minor, blues, country, rock and other); chord construction (triads, seventh, extended and altered chords); circle of fifths; improvisation basics.

V. Guitar Solos, Lessons 138 – 148
“Spoonful” (Dixon and Clapton-style); “Touch of Grey” (Garcia); “Too Much to Lose” (Beck); “All Along the Watchtower” (Hendrix-style); OLGA.

VI. Fingerstyle Guitar, Lessons 149 – 173
Travis and arpeggio style; picking variations; harmonics; songs including “Dreamboat Annie,” “Time in a Bottle,” "12-Bar Blues", “Greensleeves,” “Für Elise,” “Malagueña,” “Romanza”; OLGA.

Appendix – Scale Reference
Major, natural minor, blues, major pentatonic (country), minor pentatonic (rock) in open and closed (movable) fingerings.

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Bass Method

eMedia Bass Method

Bass has never been so easy as with this beginning level CD-ROM. Features 114 step-by-step lessons by renowned bass instructor John Arbo. Learn to play using full-motion video with multiple angles and close-ups. Over 200 songs and exercises teach all the skills you need to start playing, including triads, fills, syncopation, plus creating a bass line. Includes multi-track recorded audio, variable-speed MIDI, bass-only and no-bass options. Features songs by the Grateful Dead, Bob Dylan and others. Includes an animated fretboard, automatic tuner, recorder and metronome.


Curriculum Contents Summary:

Introduction, Lessons i – viii
Contents; introduction; button symbols; shortcuts for commands; animated fretboarsd; song highlighting and looping; using the metrnonome; recording and playing yourself back.

I. About the Bass, Lessons 1 – 13
Types of basses and their parts; amplifying the bass; bass set-up; stringing; tuning; holding the bass; string numbering; hand and finger position; musical alphabet and the fretboard; right-and left-hand exercises; first bass line.

II. Simple Bass Lines with Catchy Rhythms, Lessons 14 – 32
String dampening; right-and left –hand finger techniques; major scales; creating bass lines using major triads; rhythmic possibilities for bass lines; the “Intergalactic Bass Rhythm” with variations; first syncopated rhythms.

III. Developing More Bass Lines and Fills, Lessons 33 – 49
Shifting from triad to triad; building bass lines combining rhythms with triads; changing bass patterns within a song; fingering rule exceptions; minor scales; minor triads; creating bass lines for songs using major and minor triads; fills and how to use them; bass lines with slash chords.

IV. Walkups, Walkdowns and Syncopation, Lessons 50 – 73
Walkups and walkdowns; changing positions; connecting chords; fills within sections; eighth-note fills; understanding the blues or shuffle rhythms; learning new syncopated rhythms; using syncopation with chord notes; introducing the eighth-note groove and its rhythmic possibilities.

V. Reading Tablature, Lessons 74 – 83
Learning how to read TAB – a simple music notation common to all fretted sting instruments; rhythmic notation; time signatures; songs and licks written out in TAB

VI. Reading Standard Music Notation, Lessons 84 – 114
Introducing standard music notation – a universal music notation common to all instruments; note values; rests; time signatures; sharps, flats and naturals; key signatures; learning to read on every string and up the fretboard with songs and licks.

VII. Intervals, Scales and Triads Appendix – Scale Reference, Lessons A1 – A41
Learning the basics about intervals; how to recognize different intervals on the bass and in music notation; how to play major and minor scales in the nine most frequently used keys; how to play major triads; minor triads, diminished triads and augmented triads.

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My Piano

eMedia My Piano

eMedia Music, a leader in music instruction software for over 15 years, introduces a new series especially for kids! With interactive lessons and an easy-to-use interface, the My Music line takes children from the basics, such as holding and tuning their instruments, to reading music and playing songs. Games, quizzes, and playful characters help make learning fun, while a great selection of songs will get kids excited about playing, singing and making music with their friends. The eMedia My Music series is the perfect way to introduce children to playing and enjoying music!

In eMedia My Piano, an animated character named Pam the Piano leads kids through over 100 lessons by Irma Irene Justicia, M.A., who has taught at the renowned Juilliard School of Music. eMedia My Piano covers the basics, such as learning your notes, counting rhythm, and moves on to playing chords, reading music, playing songs, and much more. eMedia’s exclusive Animated Keyboard shows kids where to put their fingers as the live recorded audio plays. With MIDI tracks, the speed of the music can be adjusted so kids can learn at their own pace. When My Piano is used with a MIDI keyboard, kids get instant feedback on notes and rhythms they played wrong and find out what they should have played instead. Additional features such as a metronome and digital recorder are also included. Grades K – 4.


Curriculum Contents Summary:

I. Introduction, Rhythm, and Notes; Lessons 1 – 28
Welcome; introduction to pianos and keyboards; sitting position; hand position; numbering fingers; hopping up and down groups of black keys; the Up or Down Game; notes; rests; playing on black keys; Mary Had a Little Lamb; rhythm; clapping and counting; Go Tell Aunt Rhody; Au Clair de la Lune; Alouette; Li’l Liza Jane; the Counting Game; make up your own song.

II. Introduction to Reading Notation, Landmark Notes, Steps; Lessons 29 – 57
Notes on the staff; treble and bass clefs; the grand staff; Clef Signs and Music Staff Game; find the notes on the keyboard; landmark notes (Middle C, F for the left hand, G for the right hand); The Landmark Note Game; new notes for the right hand; Up We Go to G Song; new notes for the left hand; Walking Up to C Song; the middle C position; steps; the Treble Clef Notes Game; time signatures, measures and bar lines; Stepping Tune in 4/4 Time; Stepping Waltz in 3/4 Time; Ode to Joy; The Up or Down Stepping Game

III. Clef Exercises, Skips, Repeated Notes; Lessons 58 – 74
Names of notes; treble clef exercises; bass clef exercises; Alouette; the Bass Clef Notes Game; skips; Skipping Tune; Skip and Hop Tune; Wedding March; the Up or Down Skipping Game; repeated notes; Surprise Symphony; Humpty Dumpty; Steps, Skips or Repeated Notes Game; Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star; Pop! Goes the Weasel

IV. Tempo, Dynamics; Lessons 76 – 93
Tempo Markings; Good Morning to You!; clap and count tied notes; Minuet; Slower or Faster? Game; Red River Valley; clap and count eighth notes; Home on the Range; What Tempo is This? Game; Give My Regards to Broadway; dynamic signs; playing Forte and Piano; When the Saints Go Marching In; playing crescendo and diminuendo; Long, Long Ago; O Come All Ye Faithful; What Dynamic is This? Game

V. Melody, Harmony, Accompaniment; Lessons 94 – 107
Melody; harmony; playing songs with accompaniment; New World Symphony; Surprise Symphony; Entr’acte from Rosamunde; Cathedral Bells; Softer or Louder? Game; Jolly Old St. Nicholas; Dreydel; In the Evening by the Moonlight; What Note is This? All Notes! Game; Amazing Grace; Jingle Bells; La Donna è Mobile

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My Violin

eMedia My Violin

eMedia Music, a leader in music instruction software for over 15 years, introduces a new series especially for kids! With interactive lessons and an easy-to-use interface, the My Music line takes children from the basics, such as holding and tuning their instruments, to reading music and playing songs. Games, quizzes, and playful characters help make learning fun, while a great selection of songs will get kids excited about playing, singing and making music with their friends. The eMedia My Music series is the perfect way to introduce children to playing and enjoying music!

In eMedia My Violin, an animated character named Val the Violin guides kids through over 160 lessons authored and demonstrated by professional violinist Sabina Skalar, M.M.. My Violin covers the basics, such as holding and tuning the violin and playing rhythmic tunes, and moves on to playing songs, reading music notation and much more. An animated fingerboard shows kids where to put their fingers as the live recorded audio plays. With MIDI tracks, the speed of the music can be adjusted so kids can learn at their own pace. The revolutionary Finger Tracker listens to the violin playing and shows whether fingers are placed correctly. Special features such as an automatic tuner, metronome and digital recorder are also included. Grades K – 5.


Curriculum Contents Summary:

I. Introduction, About the Violin, Practice Before Playing; Lessons 1 – 23
Welcome; introduction to the violin; choosing a violin; the bow; caring for a violin; the strings; tuning the violin; Up and Down Plucking Song; holding a “box” violin; holding a “stick” bow; bow exercises using a pencil; preparing fingers to play; bow exercises using a straw; chin rest pad; holding the violin; tightening and loosening the bow hair; how to rosin the bow hair; holding the bow

II. Clap and Sing, Playing Your First Songs; Lessons 24 – 53
I Like You – clap and sing; get ready to play; I Like You – each string; Which String is This? Game; more songs for each string; make up your own song; Magic Songs Game – One String; songs for string crossing; make up a string-crossing song; songs for two strings played together; Magic Songs Game – Two Strings

III. Using the Left Hand Fingers; Songs for Fingers 1, 2, and 3; Lessons 54 – 73
Numbering the left-hand fingers; using the Finger Tracker; adding the 1st finger; songs for the 1st finger; Magic Songs Game – 1st Finger; adding the 2nd finger; songs for the 2nd finger; Magic Songs Game – 2nd finger; adding the 3rd finger; songs for the 3rd finger; Magic Songs Game – 3rd finger

IV. New Songs, Adding the 4th Finger, First Scales; Lessons 74 – 111
Alouette; Hot Cross Buns; Mary Had a Little Lamb, playing short strokes, Mark Is Jumping, What Sign Is This? Game; adding the 4th finger; On the Bridge at Avignon; Sleep, Baby, Sleep; A Major scale; Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star; Jingle Bells; D Major scale; London Bridge is Falling Down; Which Part of the Bow Is It? Game; wrist motion; Rain Dance; G Major scale; Magic Songs Game – Pick the Strings; Go Tell Aunt Rhody; Sneaky Fox; Lightly Row

V. Introduction to Reading Notation; Lessons 112 – 139
Notes; rhythm; The Rhythm Note Game; time signatures; bar lines; measures; the Note System Game; the strings; Open Strings Songs; Which String is This? Game; names of notes; fingering chart; notes on E and A strings; songs for E and A strings include: Lazy Mary, Go Tell Aunt Rhody, Au Clair de la Lune, and more.

VI. Introduction to Reading Notation; Lessons 140 – 166
Notes on D and G strings; rests; D Major scale; the D String Game; rests; the Rhythm Rest Game; Magic Songs Game – Reading Notes; G Major scale; the G String Game: Magic Songs Game – All Strings; songs for D and G strings include: Long, Long Ago; Diddle, Diddle Dumpling; When the Saints Go Marching In; the Wedding March; Jolly Old St. Nicholas; Teasing Song; Old MacDonald Had a Farm; Brother John; Row, Row, Row Your Boat; and more.

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My Guitar

eMedia My Guitar

eMedia Music, a leader in music instruction software for over 15 years, introduces a new series especially for kids! With interactive lessons and an easy-to-use interface, the My Music line takes children from the basics, such as holding and tuning their instruments, to reading music and playing songs. Games, quizzes, and playful characters help make learning fun, while a great selection of songs will get kids excited about playing, singing and making music with their friends. The eMedia My Music series is the perfect way to introduce children to playing and enjoying music!

In eMedia My Guitar, an animated character named Gary the Guitar leads kids through 60 lessons by Kevin Garry, Ph.D.. My Guitar covers the basics, such as tuning the guitar and learning chords, and moves on to reading music, playing songs, and much more. An animated fretboard shows kids where to put their fingers as the live recorded audio plays. With MIDI tracks, the speed of the music can be adjusted so kids can learn at your own pace. Special features such as an automatic tuner, metronome, chord dictionary, and digital recorder are all included. Grades K – 4.


Curriculum Contents Summary:

I. Introduction, About the Guitar, Preparing to Play; Lessons 1 – 13
Welcome; introduction to guitars; guitar sizes; guitar strings; tuning the guitar; holding the guitar; right and left hand and finger positions; string, fret, and finger numbering; reading chord charts; Animated Fretboard

II. First Chords and Songs, Simple Strumming; Lessons 14 – 27
Introducing the G Chord; Brother John; the C and G7 chords; Skip to My Lou; The Three Musketeers Game; chords for the Mystery Tune; the D and A7 chords; Down in the Valley; The Clouds in the Wind Game; chords for Mystery Tune 2; Red River Valley; Silent Night; The Sunny Morning Game; chords for Mystery Tune 3

III. Double Strum, Adding Accents, New Chords, 3/4 Time; Lessons 28 – 48
The double strum, Marianne; Jingle Bells; The Summer Shower Game; chords for Mystery Tune 4; adding accents; Go Tell Aunt Rhody; Careless Love; Swing Low, Sweet Chariot; The Mountain Climber Game; chords for Mystery Tune 5; shifting the accents; She’ll Be Comin’ Around the Mountain; Oh, Susanna; introducing 3/4 accented time; Amazing Grace; My Darling Clementine; Scarborough Fair; The Victory Tune Game; chords for Mystery Tune 6

IV. Playing Melodies, Tablature, and Notation; Lessons 49 – 61
Introduction to Tablature; playing melodies with a pick; playing melodies with the fingers; plucking exercises; playing melodies with the left hand; left hand exercises; basic rhythm notation; Alouette; Ode to Joy; Au Clair de la Lune; Aura Lee; Yankee Doodle

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EarMaster

EarMaster School 5

Music is really all about hearing. When you play or hear music, your ear recognizes melodies, but can also be trained to identify notes, intervals, chords, modes and all other important music elements. If you want your students to sing, improvise or jam with confidence, they need to recognize all of these elements. Ear training can make this possible. EarMaster is the perfect ear training solution for musicians and music students at all skill levels, whether instrumentalists or singers. EarMaster includes 651 ear training lessons for recognizing and transcribing intervals, chords, scales, rhythms and melodies. Your students can interact with EarMaster using the staff or the onscreen instruments: piano, guitar, bass, violin, cello, banjo and others. It provides detailed statistics on your progress and even allows you to create your own customized exercises. Learn to play, improvise and compose by ear.

EarMaster School includes all of the features and exercises found in EarMaster Pro and more. It allows you to create custom class lessons using the tutor editor and supports progress tracking with mulitple users across a network.

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Guitar Pro

Guitar Pro 6

Guitar Pro 6 is the most complete workshop for guitarists available at an affordable price for Windows and Macintosh. Guitar Pro is known as the most powerful and intuitive tablature editor on the market. The newest version, Guitar Pro 6, includes over 40 new features while improving on those that have made it the most popular guitar tablature editor available. Tens of thousands of Guitar Pro format files are available on the Internet. Guitar Pro features Realistic Sound Engine (RSE) for playback of your scores with high quality guitars and effects such as wah-wah. Guitar Pro 6 is the guitar players’ best choice for composing and transcribing.

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SmartScore X Pro

SmartScore X Pro

Imagine the world’s fastest and most accurate music scanning technology. Now imagine a professional-grade scorewriter that is just as friendly as it is powerful. One with enough intelligence built in that no advanced degree is requred to use it. Then think of all the possible ways you'd like to experience your printed music... push-button scanning, realistic playback, key/clef transposition, part extraction, page reformattting, auto-drum grooves, karaoke, CD burning, integrated MIDI visualization and file conversion including support for PDF, Finale® and MusicXML formats. Welcome to SmartScore X. There is simply no faster way to get printed music into your computer and no simpler way to transform it for print, web or audio output. Band arrangements, operas, hymns, musicals, orchestral parts and scores appear on-screen in editable and playable form within seconds after scanning. Nearly all PDF files are accurately recognized, including those in low-resolution and color. With more accuracy on more symbols than any other music scanning software, SmartScore X is an indispensable tool for arrangers, performers, music educators and church ministries worldwide.

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Blues Guitar Legends

eMedia Blues Guitar Legends

eMedia Blues Guitar Legends is the ultimate way to learn how to play classic blues songs, from the masters themselves! Music notation is highlighted as songs play, while an animated fretboard displays fingerings in real-time, so that you don’t even have to read music. You’ll learn to play ten blues classics, including Stevie Ray Vaughan’s "Crossfire", Robert Cray’s "Smoking Gun" and B.B. King’s "The Thrill is Gone" from the original master recordings. Includes variable-speed MIDI tracks, simplified chord versions ideal for beginners, full note-for-note transcriptions and biographical material.

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Guitar Songs

eMedia Guitar Songs

Learn to play hit songs in all styles, including rock, blues, country, classical and folk genres. This new version now has variable-speed MIDI tracks 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.

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