EMedia Guitar Method

Over 350 Step-by-Step LessonseMedia Guitar Method Deluxe (Windows) makes learning quick, easy, and fun with over 350 step-by-step lessons. The easy-to-follow lessons start with the basics, such as stringing the guitar, and move to playing simple chords and strumming styles, including modern rock strumming and power chords. The eMedia Guitar Method is a popular, world class, best selling CD Rom based training system for people wanting to or starting to learn the guitar. Perfectly suited to complete beginners, the PC software will teach you the basics such as how to hold the guitar in the correct position and how to perform basic maintenance like changing strings. EMedia Guitar Method and eMedia Intermediate Guitar Method feature songs in a variety of genres to make learning fun and memorable - including Rock, Blues, Folk, Country and Classical! Highlighting of the music and lyrics as they're heard makes it easy to follow along on guitar. EMedia's latest version includes dynamic, enhanced, multi-track.

eMedia Guitar Method Deluxe (Windows) makes learning quick and easy with over 350 step-by-step lessons. You can start from scratch, and the interesting teaching style enables you to play songs, chords, and riffs within minutes. Learn all the techniques from instructor Dr. Kevin Garry of the University of Colorado at Boulder, and apply them to play hit songs. The method's versatile style allows you to play Rock, Blues, Folk, Country, and Classical! The Animated Fretboard guides you as the music plays.

Instant Feedback on Your Playing!Guitar Method provides instant Feedback notes in green, when the songs are played correctly with your guitar (requires computer microphone).
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!
Interactive Flash Card Quizzes!With Pitch Tracking technology for detecting notes played on your acoustic guitar, you can utilize the interactive Flash Card Quizzes to reinforce what you have learned.
Over 350 Step-by-Step LessonseMedia Guitar Method Deluxe (Windows) makes learning quick, easy, and fun with over 350 step-by-step lessons. The easy-to-follow lessons start with the basics, such as stringing the guitar, and move to playing simple chords and strumming styles, including modern rock strumming and power chords. A variety of popularized genres also makes learning fun and memorable.
Over 80 Large-Format VideosYour professional guitar instructor, Dr. Kevin Garry, guides you in over 80 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.
Animated FretboardBy displaying fingering positions on the screen, you can see exactly how to play the song on a simulated guitar fretboard. You can highlight and loop any section of the music (or even double-click on a single note in the music) to make difficult sections or quick changes easier to manage and learn. In Guitar Method you can choose from six different fretboard skins modeled after classic guitars!

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'eMedia Guitar Method is the best CD-ROM package I’ve seen
for guitar instruction.' – Guitar One Magazine

Editors’ Choice – 'This program is comprehensive, clear,
well organized, and visually compelling.'

– PC Magazine

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Learn How to Play Guitar Easily at Home at Your Own Pace.

The best-selling eMedia Guitar Method features guitar lessons for beginners from University of Colorado-Boulder's Kevin Garry, Ph.D. This award-winning, learn-at-home course is complete guitar instruction that runs on your Windows or Mac computer with interactive technology to make understanding the lessons easier. You can even get eMedia Instant Feedback and Performance Evaluation as you strum new guitar chords and play your first, easy guitar songs and exercises.

Learn to play guitar quickly with over 190 easy-to-follow guitar lessons that take you from basics such as how to tune a guitar and how to play simple guitar chords to fingerpicking, how to read guitar tabs, how to read guitar music notation, how to play guitar by ear, and much more. Learning guitar is made fun with popular songs for both acoustic guitar and electric guitar made famous by Bob Dylan, Steve Miller, the Rolling Stones, Johnny Cash, John Lennon, and others.

The Easiest Way to Learn to Play Guitar

Play Hit Songs

Over 190 Step-by-Step Guitar Lessons

Arranged in twelve chapters, these incremental lessons cover the basics from holding, stringing, and tuning the guitar to playing chords and melodies, culminating in an explanation of fingerpicking styles, reading standard music notation, and a new chapter on ear training. 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! Version 6 includes play along Jam Tracks as well as live-recorded audio and variable speed tracks. Over 80 songs include hits such as:

Bob Dylan (“Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door”)
Rolling Stones/The Doors (“Little Red Rooster”)
John Lennon (“Imagine”)
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 “Wayfaring Stranger,” “Scarborough Fair,” “La Bamba,” “Midnight Special,” “Ode to Joy,” “Minuet,” “Greensleeves,” “House of the Rising Sun” and many others.

Instant Feedback on Your Playing

Instant Feedback shows you when you play the correct chords or 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. You’ll discover that reading tablature and music notation is easier than you ever thought possible!

Performance Evaluation and Progress Tracking

When you’re ready, you can switch to Performance Evaluation and get feedback on both pitch and rhythm to help you improve your playing! Earn up to a 5-star rating or view your score as a percentage. We’ve also added Progress Tracking so you can review your best scores and track your progress through the course.

Note and Finger Tracker

The Note Tracker and Finger Tracker tools makes it easier to see what note you’re playing by displaying the note as music notation and on eMedia’s 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 card quizzes utilize our Pitch Tracking technology to detect notes played on your acoustic guitar!

Over 50 Guitar Lesson Videos

Professional guitar instructor Kevin Garry, Ph.D., guides you in over 50 videos with demonstrations of techniques. Many of the videos include split-screen displays with close-ups for a clearer perspective. Watch them at the native size or in Full Screen mode.

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.

Jam Tracks and Multitrack Audio

Dozens of Jam Tracks give you the fun option to play along with a full band.

Song Highlighting and Looping

Song looping lets you highlight and repeat any section of music you wish to practice.

Variable-Speed MIDI Tracks

Speed up or slow the tempo down as desired. Use this in combination with the looping feature, and you can learn at the pace best suited to you!

Animated Fretboard

The Animated Fretboard displays fingering positions as the music plays. It allows you to see exactly how to play the song on a guitar fretboard as you hear the music. 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!

Guitar Tuner

Tune your guitar quickly and easily. A precision gauge allows you to play into your computer’s microphone and tune up interactively. Reference guitar tuning notes are also included.

Chord Dictionary

With fingering charts and recorded playback for over 250 chords. Find new chords for songs quickly.

Metronome

Set your tempo and practice keeping a steady beat with audio and visual indicators.

Audio Recorder

Save your recordings and play back to share and compare.

Note: Once you master guitar basics like how to read guitar tabs and play basic chords, then eMedia Intermediate Guitar Method can provide more advanced guitar lessons. Start learning how to play guitar today!