DISC Rock Guitar For DUMMIES, With eMedia CD Rom

Full Description

Instant Feedback listens to your playing and highlights notes played correctly in melodies so you can learn faster. Instructor Charles McCrone, a graduate of the cutting-edge Guitar Institute of Technology, has over 25 years of playing and teaching experience.

Discover how to play rock guitar including how to string and tune your guitar, play simple chords, full chords, power chords and much more!

Over 70 Step-by-Step Lessons

The easy-to-follow lessons cover all the techniques needed to play rock, punk, and metal, including movable power chords, effects pedals, yanks, hammer-ons, pull-offs, palm muting, distorted riffs, the blues scale, using feedback, the whammy bar, and more!

Resizable User Interface!

The content window size is adjustable, and it even maximizes to your fill your monitor so our guitar lessons are the easiest to read and follow!

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.

Instant Feedback

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.

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!

Over 30 High Quality Videos

In over 30 full-motion videos, host Steve Rock demonstrates techniques. Split-screen videos provide close-ups as needed.

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! Play into your computer's microphone and tune up interactively. Reference tuning notes are included.

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

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

Digital Recorder

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

eMedia Rock Guitar Guitar For Dummies features hit songs, including songs found in Guitar Hero and Rock Band:

• "Lake of Fire" by Nirvana
• "You Really Got Me" as by Van Halen
• "All Day and All of the Night" by the Kinks
• "Don't Fear the Reaper" by Blue Oyster Cult
• "Tomorrow" by Silverchair
• "All Right Now" by Free
... and many more!

System Requirements:

• Windows:
• Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7
• CD-ROM

Macintosh:

• Mac OS X 10.4 or later (Universal Binary)
• CD-ROM