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eMedia Interm. Piano and Keyboard Method
Win/Mac CD-ROM
$59.95 
"Excellent in its approach to the academics of learning the keyboard."
– American Music Teacher Magazine
Watch video >Overview
eMedia Intermediate Piano and Keyboard Method is a comprehensive musical experience on CD-ROM. It teaches you to improve your playing, gain control of the keyboard, and develop your musicianship. You’ll learn to play pieces by famous composers in a broad range of musical styles, from Baroque to the present. You will also develop your musical creativity by learning how to improvise. Vadim Ghin, M.A., who has taught at the renowned Juilliard School of Music, guides you with video demonstrations of techniques and practical advice that will elevate your playing to a new standard. Alongside conventional scales, chord progressions and finger techniques, you will learn the blues form, scales, and patterns needed to create your own improvisations and songs.
Features
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50+ Songs!
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Intermediate Piano and Keyboard Method offers over 50 songs with a focus on blues, classics, conventional scales, chord progressions, improvisation and other techniques necessary for mastering the piano:
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Table of Contents (Click images to enlarge)
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Over 150 Step-by-Step Lessons Offer a comprehensive curriculum that will teach 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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Vadim Ghin, M.M. Author of the innovative eMedia Intermediate Piano and Keyboard Method CD-ROM, holds a Masters Degree in Piano from the Julliard School of Music, and has taught extensively at Juilliard, New York University, and the Manhattan School of Music. |
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Full Motion Video Professional piano instructor Vadim Ghin, M.A., guides you with over 50 full-motion videos demonstrating techniques. Many of the videos include split-screen displays with close-ups for a clearer perspective. |
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New Large Screen Format! |
Song Highlighting and Looping Highlight an entire page, or just a portion of a song, and loop it for playback at whatever speed you are comfortable playing. Selected loops are now introduced with the MIDI tick count-off, so there’s enough time to get your hands back to the keyboard to play along; thus, you can follow along regardless of what section of the piece you’re working on. |
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Animated Keyboard Displays color-coded fingerings as the music plays. It allows you to see exactly how to play the song on a keyboard as you hear the music. Music tracking highlights the notes being played on the screen, making it simple to follow along. |
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High-quality, live recorded audio High-quality, live recorded audio is included for every song and exercise. |
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Variable-speed MIDI Slows down the audio to any tempo, while the animated keyboard shows song fingerings as the music plays. You can play along and Learn at the pace best suited to you! MIDI playback options let you select left or right hand only, or a tick metronome track to play along with. Colorful variable-speed MIDI accompaniments are also available and can be fun to play along with! |
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Interactive Feedback For selected exercises, when using an electronic MIDI-compatible keyboard, you can get specific feedback on note and rhythm mistakes. Clicking on an individual feedback balloon brings up a keyboard showing you exactly what mistake was made and what should have been played. Also, an overall percentage score summarizes how well you did on the exercise. |
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Reviews and Ear Training Interactive review and ear training screens help reinforce new concepts and develop your ear. |
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Orchestral Accompaniment Selected pieces include orchestral accompaniment and even a jazz band to play along with. |
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Digital Metronome Allows you to set your own tempo and work on your speed, rhythm and timing. Provides both visual cue and/or audio tick. Full range of tempi, from largo to presto. |
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Digital Recorder Record and play yourself back! This feature allows you to compare your recordings with the instructor’s version, fine tune your skills and share your recordings with friends and family. |
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An Educational Edition of Intermediate Piano and Keyboard is also available which features, network installation, student progress tracking for students and instructors and progress reports. Please contact our Educational Sales Department for details. Remember to ask about lab packs! |
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Reviews
What reviewers are saying about Piano and Keyboard Method...
"The thought and effort put into this application are amazing.
It is very usable, pedagogically sound and enjoyable to use."– Douglas Matheson, Mac Smart
"[eMedia] Piano and Keyboard Method is an impressive and thorough
piano teaching program."– American Music Teacher Magazine
"This is the most comprehensive piano method we have ever seen anywhere... We tried out the method and within no time we were actually playing songs, something that we had no idea we would be able to do so quickly. It is simply amazing."
– Music News
"We found the software well planned and effective—progress was quick."
– Jeanette Borzo, The Wall Street Journal
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- We recommend it for a refresher or as an economical course for beginners."
– MacHome
"As a piano teacher, I am initially skeptical when looking at programs for self instruction, but with eMedia’s Piano and Keyboard Method I was pleasantly surprised. I recommend it for both youth and adults."
– Performing Songwriter
"The eMedia Piano and Keyboard Method is a computer program that helps make practice productive."
– Clavier Magazine
Requirements
System Requirements
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Windows®: Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7 32 MB of free RAM, 63 MB of free hard disk space PC soundcard, CD-ROM |
Macintosh®: Power PC (or faster), Intel OK Mac OS 9.0+ or Mac OS X 10.2 thru 10.6 32 MB of free RAM, 63 MB of free hard disk space CD-ROM |
Questions about system requirements? Contact our technical support department.
Demo
Product Demo
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eMedia Intermediate Piano and Keyboard Method interactive/walkthrough demo thoroughly explores all the features of this breakthrough new CD-ROM. Along with the narrated description of the product and its features, you can also step through some lessons and songs to get the feel of our latest product! Regardless of platform, you will need Apple’s QuickTime™ player to run the Intermediate Piano and Keyboard Method demo, if it is not already installed on your system. Download the Windows version (13.3 MB) To download the Windows Intermediate Piano and Keyboard Method demo, click on the link above and follow the instructions given. After downloading, run "IPKMDemo_PC.exe", and follow the instructions of the Setup program. Download the Mac OS X 10 version (15.3 MB) To download the Macintosh Intermediate Piano and Keyboard Method demo for OS X, click on the link above and save it to your hard disk, then you will need to uncompress the file using Stuffit, and run the application. |
Academic Version
The eMedia Intermediate Piano and Keyboard Method Educational Edition includes all the features and content of the consumer version of Intermediate Piano and Keyboard Method. The Educational Edition of Intermediate eMedia Piano and Keyboard Method tracks the progress of up to 250 users per computer and includes a printed Teacher’s Guide. The Educational Edition can also be installed on a network. Discounted multi-station lab packs and site licenses are also available.
For more information about the Educator Edition of eMedia Intermediate Piano and Keyboard Method, please contact our Educational Sales Department.
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