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eMedia Bass Guitar For Dummies

Win/Mac CD-ROM

$29.95   

With more than 200 million books in print covering 1,300+ topics, For Dummies is the most widely recognized and highly regarded reference series in the world. Since 1991, For Dummies has helped millions make everything easier.

Learn fast with this effective, entertaining multimedia CD-ROM!

Overview

The fast and easy way to start playing bass guitar!

The eMedia Bass Guitar For Dummies CD-ROM is a fun and easy way to learn bass quickly. Learn to play the bass at your own pace with techniques demonstrated in 30 full-motion videos. Have fun playing along with live recorded songs or MIDI tracks you can slow down or speed up. You’ll be able to create a bass line for any song you like! Over 70 easy-to-follow lessons start with the basics, such as tuning the bass, and move on to playing simple bass lines and catchy rhythms with fills, syncopation, and shuffle rhythms. Instant Feedback listens to your playing and highlights notes played correctly in bass lines so you can learn faster. Your teacher is professional bassist and instructor John Arbo from the New School in New York City. The excellent teaching he offers in this method offers exceptional value and will get you playing quickly!

Features

All lessons are presented at full-screen size!

The Fast and Easy Way to Starting Playing!

eMedia Bass Guitar For Dummies features songs in a variety of genres to make learning fun and memorable! Our latest version includes dynamic, enhanced, multi-track audio playback of hit songs popularized by well-known artists, such as:

  • Bob Dylan ("Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door")
  • The Steve Miller Band ("Rock’n Me")
  • The Grateful Dead ("Uncle John’s Band")
  • Los Lobos ("La Bamba")
  • Creedence Clearwater Revival ("Midnight Special")

Also included are popular songs, including "Scarborough Fair," "House of the Rising Sun," "Midnight Special" and many others.

Table of Contents
Contents screen
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Over 70 Step-by-Step Lessons

The easy-to-follow lessons start with the basics, such as tuning the bass, and move on to playing simple bass lines and catchy rhythms with fills, syncopation, and shuffle rhythms.

Animated Fretboard
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Animated Fretboard

Displays fingering positions as the music plays. It allows you to see exactly how to play the song on a bass 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.

Instant Feedback
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Instant Feedback

Instant Feedback shows you when you play the correct notes on your bass as you progress through an exercise. With a microphone connected to your computer and a bass 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.

Finger Tracker
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Finger Tracker

Play into the computer’s microphone to see what note you’re playing on the fretboard. You’ll be able to correct your playing faster!

Video
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Over 30 High Quality Videos

Professional bass instructor John Arbo, guides you in over 30 videos with demonstrations of techniques, viewable at full-screen size!

Highlighting notes

Music Tracking

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

Highlighting notes

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!
Tuner
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Automatic Tuner

Tune your bass quickly and easily! Play into your computer’s microphone and tune up interactively. Reference tuning notes are included.
Chord Dictionary
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Chord Dictionary

Includes recorded sounds for over 250 guitar chords so you can easily check how you sound playing along with a guitarist.
Metronome
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Digital Metronome

Set your own speed and keep a steady beat with audio or visual feedback.
Recorder

Digital Recorder

Save your recordings and play back to compare with the instructor’s version and share with friends.

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Requirements

System requirements

Windows®:
Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8
CD-ROM 		Macintosh®:
Mac OS X 10.4 or later
CD-ROM

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