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eMedia Guitar Method
Win/Mac CD-ROM – New Version 5!
$59.95
"eMedia Guitar Method is the best CD-ROM package I’ve seen
for guitar instruction." – Guitar One Magazine
Editors’ Choice – "This program is comprehensive, clear,
well organized, and visually compelling."
– PC Magazine
Overview
The newest version of the award-winning best-seller!
eMedia Guitar Method version 5 offers the most comfortable and easy-to-use interface of all, with lessons and instructional videos that expand to full-screen and special enhancements throughout. Your new software includes powerful, new interactive feedback on melodies and a full complement of helpful tools that take advantage of this new feature, such as the new Note Tracker and Finger Tracker, which show you what you're playing in staff notation and also on an animated fretboard. This amazing technology tracks your progress through the song as you play!
Best-selling eMedia Guitar Method makes learning fun regardless of the type of guitar you own. Learn conveniently at home with over 180 comprehensive lessons covering everything from the basics through chord strumming, rock styles, playing melodies, and fingerpicking. Over 70 songs include hits from artists such as Bob Dylan and Steve Miller. Watch more than 50 high-quality, remastered videos featuring instructor Kevin Garry, Ph.D., including split-screens and close-ups of both hands. Songs and exercises can be heard either as live recorded audio or as MIDI tracks that you can slow down or speed up. Both guitar tablature and standard music notation are taught in a way that’s easy to understand. The excellent teaching combined with the powerful and effective technology offered in this method will get you playing quickly and enthusiastically!
Features
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New Instant Feedback on Your Playing! Instant Feedback shows you when you play the correct notes on your guitar as you progress through an exercise. With a microphone connected to your computer and a guitar in your hand, play the first note you see in the exercise (or song) on any screen featuring the "ear" icon in the upper right corner and the computer will highlight the note for you in green. As you reach your goals of getting all notes to change color in each exercise, you'll discover that reading tablature and music notation is easier than you ever thought possible! |
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New Note and Finger Tracker! The Note Tracker and Finger Tracker tools help you see more easily what note you're playing by displaying the note as music notation and on an animated fretboard. You'll be able to correct your playing quickly and learn to read music fast! |
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Flash Card Quizzes |
New Interactive Flash Card Quizzes! After you’ve been prepped with exercises designed to teach you to read tablature and notation, try the interactive flash card quizzes to reinforce what you have learned. Flash Quizzes utilize our Pitch Tracking technology to detect notes played on your acoustic guitar! |
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Table of Contents (Click images to enlarge) Play Hit Songs |
Over 180 Step-by-Step Lessons Arranged in ten chapters, the lessons 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. Lessons include a variety of exercises and songs. In total, there are over 50 high-quality videos and over three hours of audio and video! On-screen teacher Kevin Garry, Ph.D., provides clear and friendly instruction. eMedia Guitar Method features songs in a variety of genres to make learning fun and memorable – including Rock, Blues, Folk, Country, and Classical! Highlighting of the music and lyrics as they’re heard makes it easy to follow along on guitar. Our latest version includes dynamic, enhanced, multi-track audio playback of hit songs popularized by well-known artists, such as:
Also included are popular songs, including "Scarborough Fair," "La Bamba," "Midnight Special," "Ode to Joy," "Minuet," "Greensleeves," "House of the Rising Sun" and many others. |
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Over 50 Large-Format Videos Professional guitar instructor Kevin Garry, Ph.D., guides you in over 50 videos with demonstrations of techniques – now larger, with enhanced quality! You can even view them enlarged to fit the width of your screen if you want to. |
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Standard Music Notation: (Click images to enlarge) Guitar Tablature: |
Music Notation Display Options Learn via guitar tablature or standard music notation through this easily accessible menu option. |
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Variable-Speed MIDI Slows down the audio to any tempo, while the Animated Fretboard shows song fingering as the music plays. Learn at the pace best suited to your skill level! |
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Animated Fretboard Displays fingering positions for you as the music plays. It allows you to see exactly how to play the song on a simulated guitar fretboard as you listen to the music and the music tracking highlights the notes being played on the screen. Since you can highlight and loop any section of the music (or even double-click on a single note in the music), you can use the Animated Fretboard to make difficult sections or quick changes easier to manage and learn. The Animated Fretboard makes it simple to follow along with the lesson content. Includes option for both right- and left-handed views, and, just for fun, choose from six different fretboard skins modeled after classic guitars! |
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Automatic Tuner Tune your guitar quickly and easily. A precision gauge allows you to play into your computer's microphone and tune up interactively. Reference tuning notes are included. |
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Chord Dictionary With fingering charts and recorded playback for over 250 chords. Find new chords for songs quickly. |
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Digital Metronome Set your own speed and keep a steady beat. |
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Digital Recorder Save your recordings and play back to share and compare. |
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An Educational Edition of eMedia Guitar Method is also available. Please contact our Educational Sales Department for details. Don’t forget to ask about lab packs! |
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Reviews
What reviewers are saying...
"This is the ultimate way to learn how to play guitar! You learn at your own pace and it’s easy for anybody."
– Peter Frampton, guitar superstar
"I used to teach guitar, and eMedia’s Guitar Method is the greatest because it centers around playing songs. And if it’s not about playing songs, what’s it about?"
– Nancy Wilson, guitarist/vocalist of supergroup HEART
4 "Picks"
– PC Magazine
"One of the best music tutorials I’ve seen... Guitar Method can help you become an accomplished journeyman guitarist."
– C/NET
"Everything you need to know to start strumming away."
– Kim Komando, USAToday.com
"An instructional title worth pickin’"
– Billboard Magazine
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— Check out eMedia’s Guitar Method CD-ROM. More than just music... my favorite feature is the built-in 'tape recorder' which allows you to record your performance and replay it. Ideal instruction for beginners."
– Toronto Sun
"You could spend a lot more on guitar lessons, an electronic tuner, a chord book and a metronome, and still not get as much as you might out of this CD-ROM."
– Boston Globe
"Before you know it, you’ll be an international star."
– Discovery Channel
"(Either disc) could keep a budding Eric Clapton or Chet Atkins busy for many months, which is more than can be said for most computer games on the market these days."
– Halifax Herald
"I’ve been playing guitar for 35 years, and this is the best beginning program that anyone wanting to play guitar could own."
– Greg Heigh, WWBA Radio (Tampa, FL)
TOP TEN REVIEWS – GOLD AWARD
"Guitar Method from eMedia, #1 ranked guitar lesson software and ‘TopTenREVIEWS Gold Award’ winner, is the simply the best."– TopTenREVIEWS.com
"For those who not only want to appreciate an art form but take part in it..."
– Consumer’s Digest
"eMedia Guitar Method is the easiest way to learn guitar. I really cannot say enough good things about this program."
– Heidi Strawser, The Old Schoolhouse® Magazine (read the full review)
Requirements
System Requirements
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Windows®: Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7 CD-ROM |
Macintosh®: Mac OS X 10.4 or later CD-ROM |
Questions about system requirements? Contact our technical support department.
Academic Version
Educator Edition
The eMedia Guitar Method Educator Edition includes all the features and content of the consumer version of eMedia Guitar Method plus a printed Teacher’s Guide with a 46-day suggested Lesson Plan. Discounted multi-station lab packs and site licenses are also available. We can provide instrument and software packages, helping to create your school’s new guitar program.
eMedia Guitar Method Teacher’s Guide (PDF)
Request a Trial Version for your School
For more information about the Educator Edition of eMedia Guitar Method, please contact our Educational Sales Department.
Upgrade
Upgrade to Version 5.0 from any previous version of the software
Note: You must have a previous version disc to install the upgrade.
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