eMedia Guitar For Dummies Level 2 Software for Windows, Electronic Download

Guitar For Dummies covered how to play the guitar with basic guitar chords and strumming patterns. Now Guitar For Dummies Level 2 elevates your playing with over 90 complete guitar lessons by Kevin Garry, Ph.D., University of Colorado-Boulder, award-winning guitarist and music professor. You'll get guitar lessons that cover how to read guitar tabs and guitar notes, plus lessons on fingerpicking and other guitar techniques. Interactive Feedback technology in the guitar software makes learning faster. Plus you're free to jump between any of the included guitar lessons that interest you the most. Hit songs by artists like Heart and The Animals keep practicing fun. This method is great for both acoustic and electric guitar. Features include • eMedia's Animated Fretboard showing fingerings for chords and notes played in the lessons • Interactive Feedback with Note and Finger Tracker technology to display the melody notes you're playing in guitar notes (notation) and on the Animated Fretboard • Guitar lessons that show how to read guitar tabs (tablature), starting with easy guitar tabs for beginners • Tutorials on learn how to read standard guitar notes (music notation) • Over 40 classic guitar pieces to play along with, including "Scarborough Fair," "Dreamboat Annie," and others • Songs and exercises as both audio and variable-speed MIDI tracks, which allow specific selections tobe looped, slowed down or sped up • Over 40 videos, including split-screen views, make it easier to learn how to play guitar by showing both right and left hands • Guitar tools including an automatic guitar tuner, guitar chord chart (chord dictionary), recorder and a metronome to help your rhythm The Fast and Easy Way to Learn to Play eMedia Guitar For Dummies Level 2 features songs in a variety of genres to make learning fun and memorable! their latest version includes dynamic, enhanced, multi-track audio playback of hit songs popularized by well-known artists, such as: • Heart ("Dreamboat Annie") • Simon and Garfunkel ("Scarborough Fair") Also included are popular songs, including • Alouette (Notation) • Alouette (Tablature) • Au Clair de la Lune (Notation) • Au Clair de la Lune (Tablature) • Aura Lee (Melody - Tablature) • Aura Lee (Notation) • Bach Minuet (Notation) • Bach Minuet (Tablature) • Blues Lick • Blues Shuffle • Boogie Woogie Bass • Brahms' Lullaby (Notation) • Brahms' Lullaby (Tablature) • Brother John (Melody - Tablature) • Brother John (Notation) • Down in the Valley (Melody) • Dreamboat Annie • Frere Jacques (Melody - Tablature) • Frere Jacques (Notation) • Greensleeves • He's Got the Whole World in His Hands • Heavy Metal Lick • Hey, Ho, Nobody Home (Melody) • Home on the Range (Bass Strum) • Home on the Range (Melody - Notation) • House of the Rising Sun (Arpeggio) • Hush, Little Baby • Jingle Bells (Melody - Tablature) • Jingle Bells (Notation) • Johnny Has Gone for a Soldier • Largo (from the New World Symphony - Notation) • Largo (from the New World Symphony - Tablature) • Londonderry Air • My Bonnie (Bass Strum) • My Bonnie (Melody) • Ode to Joy (Notation) • Ode to Joy (Tablature) • Romanza • Scarborough Fair (Arpeggio) • Sur le Pont d'Avignon • Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star • Volga Boatmen (Notation) • Volga Boatmen (Tablature) • When the Saints Go Marching In (Bass Strum) • When the Saints Go Marching In (Melody) • Will the Circle Be Unbroken (Travis) • Working on the Railroad • Yankee Doodle (Bass Strum) • Yankee Doodle (Melody - Notation) • Yankee Doodle (Melody - Tablature) • Yellow Rose of Texas Over 90 Step-by-Step Guitar Lessons The lessons in Level 2 will take you through reading music notation, playing melodies, fingerpicking and different styles of play including rock, blues, folk and country. Instant Feedback on Your Playing Instant Feedback shows you when you play the correct 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! 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! 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 Quizzes utilize eMedia Pitch Tracking technology to detect notes played on your acoustic guitar! Animated Fretboard (with six different skins!) 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. Music tracking highlights the notes being played on the screen making it simple to follow along. Includes option for both right- and left-handed views. Fretboard skins are designed in the style of Rickenbacker, Strat, Gretsch, '59 Les Paul and more! Over 40 High Quality Videos Professional guitar instructor Kevin Garry, Ph.D., guides you in over 40 videos with demonstrations of techniques, viewable at full-screen size! 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. Variable-Speed MIDI Slows down the audio to any tempo, while the Animated Fretboard shows song fingerings as the music plays. Learn at the pace best suited to you! 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! Digital 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.