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Description
eMedia Guitar Method is the ultimate way to learn how to play guitar! Over 180 comprehensive, step-by-step 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. Includes over 50 helpful videos from instructor Kevin Garry, Ph.D., University of Colorado Boulder, including split-screen close-ups of both hands. Learning guitar is made fun with over 70 popular songs, including hits made famous by artists such as Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, the Animals, the Rolling Stones, the Grateful Dead, Steve Miller, and more. As the songs play, eMedia’s Animated Fretboard guides you through the fingerings. Select and loop any section of any song or exercise to slow it down or speed it up for focused practice. Instant Feedback highlights correctly played notes in melodies (microphone required). Lessons and videos are scalable to full-screen and enhanced with audio and video. Includes flash card quizzes and reviews and options for left-handed guitarists as well. Built-in guitar tools include eMedia’s Automatic Guitar Tuner, Chord Dictionary with over 250 guitar chords, Metronome, Recorder, Note Tracker, and Finger Tracker.
Features
- Over 180 step-by-step lessons that introduce you to playing guitar including tuning and stringing your guitar, common guitar chords, strumming patterns, playing melodies, fingerpicking, as well as reading tablature and standard music notation.
- The lessons were carefully crafted by professional guitarist and instructor Kevin Garry, Ph.D., of the University of Colorado, Boulder and cover a wide range of styles including folk, rock, blues, and classical.
- Learning is made fun with over 70 popular songs including hits made famous by artists such as the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Steve Miller, the Grateful Dead, and others.
- eMedia's Animated Fretboard shows you where to put your fingers on the guitar neck as the music plays.
- Instructional videos including split-screen close-ups so you can see both hands.
- Select any select of a song or exercise to loop it, slow it down, or speed it up.
- Get Instant Feedback as you play melodies and practice with flash card quizzes.
- Built-in guitar tools include eMedia's Automatic Guitar Tuner, Chord Dictionary featuring over 250 chords, Metronome, Recorder, Note Tracker, and Finger Tracker.