Overview

Learn to play guitar with 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!

Also available...

eMedia Guitar Method Deluxe 2 CD-ROM set

eMedia Guitar Collection 4 CD-ROM set

Features

(Click image to enlarge)	Interactive 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 hands, play the notes in the exercise (or song) on any screen featuring the “ear” icon in the upper right corner and the computer will highlight the notes 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!
(Click image to enlarge)	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!
Flash Card Quizzes	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!
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! Our latest version 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”) The Grateful Dead (“Uncle John’s Band”) 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.
(Click image to enlarge)	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! Many of the videos include split-screen displays with close-ups for a clearer perspective. You can even view them in full-screen mode if you want to.
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.
	Music Tracking Highlighting of the music and lyrics as they’re heard makes it easy to follow along on guitar.
	Variable-Speed MIDI Slows down the audio to any tempo, while the Animated Fretboard shows song fingerings as the music plays. Learn at the pace best suited to you!
(Click images to enlarge)	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!
(Click image to enlarge)	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.
(Click image to enlarge)	Chord Dictionary With fingering charts and recorded playback for over 250 chords. Find new chords for songs quickly.
(Click image to enlarge)	Digital Metronome Set your own speed and keep a steady beat.
	Digital Recorder Save your recordings and play back to share and compare.
An Educational Edition of eMedia Guitar Method is also available. Please contact our Educational Sales Department for details. Remember to ask about lab packs!

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Contents

Contents summary

Introduction

I. About the Guitar
Types of Guitars; Stringing; Tuning; Holding; Finger Position; Reading Charts; Simple G Chord.

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

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

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

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

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

VII. Modern Rock Strumming and Movable Power Chords
Movable Power Chords and Riffs; Palm Muting in Modern Rock; Rock/Punk Strums; The Chika.

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

IX. Bass-Note Strum with Country Tunes
Popular Songs with Bass-Note Strum; Bass-Note Double Strum; Alternate Bass-Note Strum.

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

XI. Reading Standard Music Notation
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).

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

TOP TEN REVIEWS – GOLD AWARD

"Guitar Method from eMedia is the simply the best and can teach you to play quicker than any other product we have seen..."

– TopTenREVIEWS.com

" — 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)

"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)

From survey responses, our customers rate this product:

4.7 out of 5.0, based upon 89 survey responses.

What our customers are saying...

"Had been plucking around for a couple of years and not getting anywhere. Within one month of following this program I have made great progress. Excellent program."

– Allan Chatel of Quebec, Canada

"My teacher marvels at my progress."

– Donald Beggs

"I enjoyed learning the cords and playing a song right away. The whole experience is rewarding."

– Lisa Nagy of Moorpark, CA

"It’s very nice to step through slowly with the basics and progress quickly onto useful songs."

– Peter Keenan of Hong Kong, China

"I enjoy the idea of step by step instruction, learning at my own pace. And with this product there are so many lessons to look forward to learning. It seems to have been a good investment."

– David Jones of College Park, MD

"What a great product you have. Please make an advanced guitar method. Once I finish Guitar Method I will definitely be moving onto Intermediate."

– Jon Hawkins of Richmond, MO

"Fantastic! I’ve never touched a guitar and this application is very good at explaining all the techniques and basics."

– Jeff Smith of St. Charles, IL

"Great program for learning guitar. I combine this with finding songs on the Internet that I like to learn. Learning guitar has been a fun journey. Thank you!"

– Doug Horsley of Scottsdale, AZ

"Nice program, much more affortable than private lessons. I'm satisfied."

– Aaron Kellerman of Pembroke, MA

"I am just learing to play the guitar after 46 years. I find that eMedia is easy to understand and easy to follow. I also have a 9 year old that is learing to play, and she is also finding the method easy to follow. Thanks eMedia!"

– Andy Pfister of Terre Haute, IN

"It’s the greatest way to learn, and I have experienced different kinds of courses. Yours is the best. With all the options available, you made learning a breeze. Thank you."

– Lyne Côté of Laval, Quebec

"I love this program!"

– Jake Bryan of Scottsville, VA

"It’s great. Honestly! I’ve always wanted to learn how to play, but my life and crazy work schedule always made it difficult to do anything i wanted. Now i can learn the guitar at my own speed when i get the free time. Thank You very much!"

– Joshua H. of Union City, CA

"I love the Method series of software. Simple, very easy to follow and understand."

– Dennis Blankenship of Charlotte, NC

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Requirements

System requirements

Questions about system requirements? Contact our technical support department.

Academic Version

Educational Edition

Please visit the Academic Product Page for more information on using this product in schools and for private or group instruction.

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.