eMedia Guitar Method makes it easy for anyone to learn guitar, and it's the most complete guitar instruction software package available. It features over 190 step-by-step lessons from University of Colorado-Boulder’s Kevin Garry, Ph.D. eMedia Guitar Method's easy-to-follow guitar lessons take you from basics such as holding, stringing, and tuning your guitar to playing chords, strumming patterns, and fingerpicking. It also covers reading guitar tabs and standard music notation, playing by ear, and much more.

This Amazon-Exclusive edition gives you even more with over 170 lessons from eMedia Intermediate Guitar Method! The lessons in Intermediate Guitar Method teach music theory such as the circle of fifths, intervals, constructing guitar chords, jazz chords, and practice with playing scales.

Interactive and Fun

Play along with live recordings or full band Jam Tracks, which making learning fun and enjoyable. Popular songs in a variety of genres (e.g., rock, blues, folk, country, classical) include hits such as: 'Knockin' on Heaven's Door' by Bob Dylan (both acoustic and rock versions), 'Little Red Rooster' made famous by the Rolling Stones, 'Rock'n Me' by Steve Miller, 'Downtown Train' by Tom Waits, 'Uncle John's Band' by the Grateful Dead, 'Scarborough Fair,' 'House of the Rising Sun' made famous by the Animals, 'La Bamba' made famous by Ritchie Valens and Los Lobos, and 'Midnight Special' made famous by CCR. New songs include 'Wayfaring Stranger' and also 'Imagine' by John Lennon. Intermediate lessons include soloing, more fingerpicking styles, and more songs including 'All Along the Watchtower,' 'Jet Airliner,' and more!

Great Features for Version 6

Features for Guitar Method v6 include:

• Expanded Interactive Feedback in Guitar Method now provides feedback on both chords you strum and melodies you play – helping you learn faster. (Intermediate Guitar Method gives feedback on melodies only.)
• Performance Evaluation gives your song playing a score in either a 5-star rating system or as a percentage so you can gauge your progress as you improve.
• Play along with live-recorded band Jam Tracks all throughout the course.
• Ear Training lesson chapter helps you learn to play by ear.
• Updated modern, easy-to-use, and cleaner-looking user interface... and much more!

Built-in Guitar Tools

eMedia's Animated Fretboard makes seeing fingerings for chords and notes easy. The Note and Finger Tracker shows notes you play on an animated fretboard and also as standard music notation.

Integrated guitar software tools include an automatic guitar tuner, a guitar chord dictionary with audio playback for over 1,000 chords (Intermediate Guitar Method), interactive flash card quizzes, a recorder, and a metronome to help your rhythm.

Songs and guitar lessons are available as both audio and variable-speed MIDI tracks. You can highlight, loop, and slow down difficult sections to make learning easier.

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