eMedia Guitar Master

eMedia Guitar Master will teach you to play for real with over 100 audio and video-enhanced rock guitar lessons! You can start from scratch, and their revolutionary teaching style will have you playing songs, chords and riffs within minutes.

Soon you’ll be playing hit songs found in Guitar Hero® and Rock Band™, including “Paranoid” by Black Sabbath and “You Really Got Me” as by Van Halen!

Instructor Charles McCrone, a graduate of the cutting-edge Guitar Institute of Technology with over 25 years of playing and teaching experience, takes you through all the techniques needed to play rock, punk and metal. These include movable power chords, barre chords, effects pedals, yanks, hammer-ons, pull-offs, palm muting, distorted riffs, the blues scale, using feedback, the whammy bar and more! All these techniques are applied to playing hit songs, with an animated fretboard guiding you through fingerings as the music plays.

Hit songs include:

* “Paranoid” by Black Sabbath * “You Really Got Me” as by Van Halen * “Lake of Fire” by Nirvana * “Tired of Waiting for You” as by Green Day * “All Day and All of the Night” by the Kinks * “Don’t Fear the Reaper” by Blue Öyster Cult * “Tomorrow” by Silverchair * “All Right Now” by Free * Also includes songs in the style of Blink 182, Rage Against the Machine, AC/DC and many more!

Features Include:

* 114 Step-by-Step Lessons The eMedia Guitar Master CD-ROM makes learning quick and easy with over 100 audio- and video-enhanced guitar lessons. Their revolutionary teaching style has you playing songs, chords and riffs within minutes — no previous experience required. The gear tips will help keep you playing all night long!

* Animated Fretboard Displays fingering positions as the music plays. Also shows fingering for any chord or note you double-click. Features right-handed, left-handed and mirror views.

* Video Instruction In over 50 full-motion videos, host Steve Rock demonstrates techniques. Split-screen videos provide close-ups as needed.

* Audio Tracking Highlighting of the music and lyrics as they're heard makes it easy to follow along on the guitar.

* Variable-speed MIDI Slows down the audio to any tempo, while the animated fretboard shows song fingering as the music plays. Learn at the pace best suited to your skill level!

* Automatic Tuner Tune your guitar quickly and easily. A precision gauge allows you to play into your computer's microphone and immediately get feedback to see if you're too high or too low. Full audio reference notes also provided.

* Chord Dictionary Includes fingering charts and recorded sounds for over 250 chords. Easy access helps you learn songs with new chords quickly. An indispensable reference tool!

* Metronome Allows you to set your own tempo and work on your picking speed, rhythm and timing. Provides both visual cue and/or audio tick. Full range of tempi, from largo to presto.

* Digital Recorder Record and play yourself back! This feature allows you to compare your recordings with the instructor's version, fine tune your skills and store musical ideas.

* System Requirements: o Windows: + Windows XP/Vista + 16 MB of free RAM, 78 MB of free hard disk space + PC soundcard, CD-ROM + Speakers or Headphones + Microphone optional for using tuner and recording tools

o Macintosh: + Power PC (or faster), Intel OK + Mac OS X 10.1 or later + 16 MB of free RAM, 78 of free hard disk space + CD-ROM + Speakers or Headphones + Microphone optional for using tuner and recording tools