- 165 comprehensive lessons with options for either tablature or music notation
- Over 50 high-resolution, large-format videos including split-screens and close-ups of both hands
- Over 70 hit songs from artists such as the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Steve Miller, and more
- Animated Fretboard displays fingering positions as the music plays; support for left-handed animated fretboard with custom skins
- Includes automatic tuner, metronome, digital recorder and 250-chord dictionary
Product Description
The new version of the world’s best-selling beginning guitar CD-ROM! Over 160 comprehensive lessons cover everything from the basics to chord strumming, playing melodies, and fingerpicking. A modern rock chapter includes 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. Many of the songs are recorded live with 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 new version includes larger easy-to-read screens, enhanced audio and video, and custom animated fretboard skins. eMedia Guitar Method is the ultimate way to learn how to play guitar! Guitar Method 1 features many hit songs, including: Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door Acoustic version – Bob Dylan Rock version – in the style of Guns N’ Roses 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 Newsweek “Top 50 educational CD-ROM of the year!” Peter Frampton “The ultimate way to learn how to play guitar!” Jon Chappell, editor of Guitar One magazine “eMedia’s Guitar Method 1 is the best CD-ROM package I’ve seen for guitar instruction.”Amazon.com
The latest version of the world’s best-selling beginning guitar CD-ROM! Over 160 comprehensive lessons cover everything from the basics to chord strumming, playing melodies, and fingerpicking. A modern rock chapter includes 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.
The latest version of the world’s best-selling beginning guitar CD-ROM. Click to enlarge. |
Learning guitar is made fun with over 70 songs, including famous hits from artists such as Bob Dylan, the Grateful Dead, and Steve Miller. Many of the songs are recorded live with 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 new version includes larger easy-to-read screens, enhanced audio and video, and custom animated fretboard skins. eMedia Guitar Method is the ultimate way to learn how to play guitar!
Over 50 large-format videos. Click to enlarge. |
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Animated fretboard displays fingering positions as the music plays. Click to enlarge. |
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Guitar Method features many hit songs, including:
“Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door”
Acoustic version–Bob Dylan; Rock version–in the style of Guns N’ Roses
“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
Makes Learning Easy as 1,2,3!
- Watch the video for a demonstration of the technique.
- Practice the technique slowly with warm-up exercises.
- Play along with the songs as the animated fretboard guides you through fingerings.
Animated Fretboard
Displays fingering positions as the music plays. Double-click on any note or chord for fingering. Features right-handed, left-handed and mirror views. Choose from six different fretboard skins!
Built-in Tools Include:
Automatic Tuner
Tune your guitar quickly and easily! Play into your computer microphone and tune up interactively. Reference tuning notes are included.
Chord Dictionary
Includes fingering charts and recorded sound playback for over 250 chords. Helps you learn songs with new chords quickly.
Digital Metronome
Set your own speed and keep a steady beat with audio or visual feedback.
Digital Recorder
Save your recordings and play them back to share and compare.
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Popularity: unranked
November 13th, 2009 at 5:21 am
This is a good way to get started and familiarize yourself with guitar. It’s easy to use, though doesn’t load as smoothly on a Mac as on a pc. It’s easy to follow and gets you strumming right away. Not very strong on technique–it’s a big help to have someone show you the right way to hold your fingers, change strings, tune your guitar, etc. Overall, a good value for the money.
Rating: 3 / 5
November 13th, 2009 at 6:56 am
it is helping me get where I want to with learning to play a guitar
Rating: 4 / 5
November 13th, 2009 at 9:29 am
I purchased this with a new guitar as a beginner. After a few weeks, I find myself disappointed that I have learned more from free advise on the internet then what this software has offered. Here are my biggest gripes:
1) Flashback to 1976. I don’t know if the video instruction was filmed in the 1970’s, or the instructor just refuses to update his wardrobe and hairstyle, but it feels like I am stuck in a bad re-run of Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood. Also, it almost feels like he filmed it himself. I can almost see him running back to the camera after a take to stop the camera.
2) Breezes over some very important fundamentals. Without realizing, I was picking up some bad habbits b/c the instruction does not emphasize some key tips on fingering chords, using the pick, etc. After browsing the net later on some guitar sites, I realized I had developed some bad habbits that could have been prevented with just more time and tips spent on some basics.
3) Unrelatable – the songs you practice to work on chords are absolutely horrible. Too much dumb folk music. I like a variety of music, including some Peter, Paul and Mary. But this is just too much folk and it’s depressing. I find myself not learning b/c I don’t want to hear myself play that aweful music. Some searching on the net revealed I could be practicing some Johnny Cash (who played a lot of 3 or 4 chord songs).
4) Not so user friendly. I found it difficult to move around in the software. The product doesn’t have the user-friendly feel that should be expected this day and age. This software could have been written in early 90’s for all I know. Not impressive.
I have some more gripes, but I think you get the point and I am tired of typing about a product I probably won’t use much more. Basically, I am just DISAPPOINTED. I would recommend some on-line lessons which I have found much more modern and useful. This software costs about 4 months worth on unlimited online lessons. I found it’s worth going that route instead.
Rating: 2 / 5
November 13th, 2009 at 11:23 am
The product is all that it says it is. It is very basic, good for practice. I think the internet and live lessons are better.
Rating: 4 / 5
November 13th, 2009 at 1:26 pm
I have had this program for about 4 months and still find myself trying to master some of the most basic songs. The longer I have used the more it seems that it focuses on “campfire songs”. There are a few licensed tracks like Knockin on Heavens Door by Dylan, but when you get to that point with the software it feels awfully difficult. It would have been nice if there was a little bit more tutorial and a few sections that described things to watch out for when playing. Instead we move from song to song with a new chord thrown in. No practice routines or finer exercises are present from what I have found.
Rating: 3 / 5