eMedia Guitar Method Version 3 Instructional Software
New version of the world's best-selling beginning guitar CD-ROM! Over 160 comprehensive lessons cover everything from the basics through chord strumming, playing melodies and fingerpicking. New modern rock chapter includes various strumming styles, movable power chords and power chord riffs. Now with over 50 videos from instructor Kevin Garry, Ph.D, including split-screens and close-ups of both hands. Learning guitar is made fun through over 70 songs including familiar hits from artists such as Bob Dylan, the Grateful Dead and Steve Miller. This new version also includes a new rock version of "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" in the style of Guns N' Roses.
"The ultimate way to learn how to play guitar!"
Peter Frampton
eMedia Guitar Method includes an animated fretboard, which displays the fingering for each song and exercise in real-time, adjustable to four different viewing angles. Multi-track audio gives full band accompaniment on many of the hit songs. There is a variable-speed MIDI track option allowing students to practice any song or exercise at whatever tempo they want. There is also the option to learn using either tablature or standard music notation. Additional features include a built-in automatic tuner, digital metronome, recorder and 250-chord dictionary.
"eMedia's Guitar Method 1 is the best CD-ROM package I've seen for guitar instruction."
Jon Chappell, editor of Guitar One magazine
"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 HEART
Guitar Method 1 features many hit songs, including:
- Knockin' on Heaven's Door - Bob Dylan's acoustic version, Guns N' Roses rock version
- Little Red Rooster - made famous by the Rolling Stones
- Rock N' Me - Steve Miller Band
- Downtown Train - made famous by Rod Stewart
- Uncle John's Band - the Grateful Dead
- Scarborough Fair - made famous by Simon & Garfunkel
- Ode to Joy - Ludwig van Beethoven
- House of the Rising Sun - made famous by the Animals
- La Bamba - made famous by Ritchie Valens and Los Lobos
- Midnight Special - made famous by Creedence Clearwater Revival
"One of the best programs we've seen in the music-teaching software category." "4 Picks" (Highest rating for a guitar tutorial!)
PC Magazine
