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PLAY GUITAR FOR REAL

Over 100 Lessons will get you playing rock guitar fast!

Overview

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 our 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.


Guitar Hero® is a registered trademark of Activision Publishing, Inc.
Rock Band™ is a trademark or registered trademark of Harmonix Music Systems, Inc.
eMedia Guitar Master is not affiliated with either of the above.

Features

Learn Rock, Metal or Punk Guitar!

eMedia Guitar Master makes learning quick and easy with over 100 audio- and video-enhanced guitar lessons and rock gear tips. You can start from scratch, and our revolutionary teaching style will have you playing songs, chords and riffs within minutes! 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! Guitar Master is hosted by Steve Rock (KISW “Metal Shop”).

Table of Contents
Contents screen
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Contents screen

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. Our 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!

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
  • ... and many more!

Also includes songs in the style of Blink 182, Rage Against the Machine, AC/DC and many more!

Animated Fretboard
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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.

split screen video
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Video Instruction

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

Pop-Punk Progression Screen
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Audio Buttons

Audio Tracking

Highlighting of the music and lyrics as they're heard makes it easy to follow along on the bass.


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!

Tuner
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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
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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
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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.

Recorder

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.

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Reviews

What reviewers are saying...

Editor's Choice - Computer Times

EDITOR’S CHOICE 2008

"eMedia Guitar Master provides all the assistance you can possibly imagine, or desire, to make your guitar mastering journey as easy as possible."

– Terry Kibiloski, Computer Times

"eMedia’s Guitar Master is a hit. It gets 5 out of 5 stars!"

– Tim Irvin, Pickstoke.com

"Quality multimedia instructional content that is worth paying for."

– Jon Chappell, Harmony Central


Guitar Master is an upgrade from Rock Guitar Method.
Here's what reviewers have said about Rock Guitar Method...

"A Fun Way to Get Rocking."

Guitar World

"This is one box it’s OK to get stuck inside"

Guitar One Magazine

"Keeps any would-be rocker more interested and motivated than other teaching aids that, by comparison, come off as tedious."

– Barry Rudolph, Music Connection

"No wonder eMedia’s the world’s best-seller"

Hit Parader

"Rock Guitar Method is a superior product that helps beginners and intermediates to become better rock guitarists. 5 out of 5 Rating"

– John Nemerovski, MyMac.com

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Requirements

System Requirements

Windows®:
Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7
16 MB of free RAM, 78 MB of free hard disk space
PC soundcard, CD-ROM
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

Questions about system requirements? Contact our technical support department.