Best-selling beginning guitar method will get you going fast!

The eMedia Guitar Method Volume 1 for Beginners CD-ROM contains over 160 comprehensive lessons covering 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 rendition of "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" in the style of Guns N' Roses.

Includes an animated fretboard, which displays the fingering for each song and exercise in real-time, adjustable to 4 different viewing angles. Multitrack audio gives full band accompaniment on many of the hit songs. Variable-speed MIDI track option allows students to practice any song or exercise at whatever tempo they want. Learn guitar using either tablature or standard music notation. Additional features include a built-in automatic tuner, digital metronome, recorder, and 250-chord dictionary.

eMedia Guitar Method Volume 1 for Beginners CD-ROM Features:

• Over 160 comprehensive lessons
• Over 70 songs
• Over 50 videos with split-screen close-ups
• Strumming
• Fingerpicking
• Melodies
• Animated fretboard with 4 viewing angles
• Automatic tuner
• Digital metronome
• Recorder
• Internet song guide
• 250-chord dictionary
• Variable-speed MIDI tracks
  
  Songs include:
• "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" acoustic version by Bob Dylan and 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" 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

Peter Frampton calls it "The ultimate way to learn how to play guitar!" Order today and find out why.

eMedia Guitar Method Volume 1 for Beginners CD-ROM

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quicktime conflict time

Posted by predicator from Iowa on Jan 29, 2007

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Hobbyist

Reviewer's Play Style: anything, but country

If you have iTunes then this software will conflict with it as iTunes uses newer quicktime application and eMedia won't use a newer version. You have to uninstall any newer version of quicktime to use the guitar program and of course iTunes won't work without using the newest version of quicktime. So, if you use iTunes and want to use this software to learn guitar you'll have to be willing to stop using iTunes.

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I Love It!

Posted by Rhiaanon from Chicago, IL on Jun 14, 2006

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Learning to play

Reviewer's Play Style: Rock, Folk and Classical

This is an informative and fun way to learn guitar! You have a built in tuner, metronome and other wonderful tools. You will be playing songs from the beginning. It is a great piece of software!

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Surprisingly Good Product

Posted by Much Improved Guitar Player from Midwest on Apr 29, 2006

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Hobbyist

Reviewer's Play Style: classical, contempory, blues

Have a lot of other books and software and this is by far the best one. Lessons clear, pacing excellent, each lessons builds on earlier ones and you can play it over and over until you get it right. Actually thought I knew how to play and bought the eMedia Intermediate and Blues first but bought this one as liked the others. This definitely strenghten my understanding and basic skills and unless you've had some expensive lessons you'll be surprised what you don't know. Suggest you buy this and the rest of suite. You won't be dissappointed and you will stop wasting your money on lot of other junk that's out there.

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Airborne Death From Above

Posted by Ruben from Bayamon, PR on Apr 26, 2006

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Beginner

Reviewer's Play Style: Hard Rock / Heavy Metal

This is a great learning tool, better than books or videos. Completly interactive!!! It has tons of lessons and examples you can use to practice according to your skill level. If you think a lesson is to tough for you then go back a few lessons and try them again. You can slow down or speed up all songs using the included midi files with a visual fretboard in case you forget a particular chord. In addittion to the visual fretboard the program includes a chord dictionary where you can find more than 250 chords!

Lessons are progressive, meaning that new lessons are built based on previous excersices plus adding new information as you go through the course. You'll find mini chord test in the program to test your new acquired knowledge.

Another usefull feature is that you can highlight a whole song or just part of the song you are having problem with, and have the program repeat that part over an over again untill you feel confortable with the song.

The program makes referece to OLGA (On-Line Guitar Archive) where you can find 100's of songs for your skill level. If you find the songs to be boring you can always look for the ones you like at OLGA.

Conclusion: This software is the best interactive learning tool I have found. I have a couple of books and videos and none can be compared to eMedia Guitar Method. I recommend this software 100%

... and remember to .... practice ... practice ... and practice ... because practice is the mother of all skills!!!

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Outstanding for Beginners

Posted by Chrisbeard from Boston, MA on Apr 10, 2006

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Hobbyist

Reviewer's Play Style: Blues/Rock

I bought the eMedia Guitar Method Volume 1 half-expecting it to be another failed attempt to wrap my fingers around the neck of a guitar. It has, however, in a few short months, taught me many basic chords and strumming techniques. I can actually make music on the guitar. I've played sax and harmonica for years, but could never manage the guitar. Now I can, with what I've learned from this program. The end-of-lesson suggestions for songs on OLGA.net is brilliant. Go ahead and buy, with a little dedication and practice, you'll learn!

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