Learn to Play Guitar Better With eMedia Guitar For Dummies Level 2! eMedia Guitar For Dummies covered how to play the guitar with basic guitar chords and strumming patterns. Now eMedia 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. Want to play guitar better? Then “level up” to eMedia Guitar For Dummies Level 2 and get started today. The Fast and Easy Way to Improve Your Guitar Playing! Over 90 step-by-step guitar 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. eMedia Guitar For Dummies Level 2 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: Heart (“Dreamboat Annie”) Simon and Garfunkel (“Scarborough Fair”) The Animals (“House of the Rising Sun”) Also included are popular songs, including “Greensleeves,” “Romanza,” “Bach Minuet” and many others! Improve Your Guitar Technique 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! Guitar Tablature: Standard Music Notation: Music Notation Display Options Learn via guitar tablature or standard music notation through this easily accessible menu option. Video Instruction Professional guitar instructor Kevin Garry, Ph.D., guides you in over 40 videos with demonstrations of techniques. The Animated Fretboard (with six different skins!) 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. Since you can highlight and loop any section of the music (or even double-click on a single note in the music), you can use the Animated Fretboard to make difficult sections or quick changes easier to manage and learn. The Animated Fretboard makes it simple to follow along with the lesson content. 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! The Note Tracker and Finger Tracker tools make 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 card quizzes utilize our Pitch Tracking technology to detect notes played on your guitar! Music Tracking highlights the music and lyrics as they’re heard, making it easy to follow along on guitar. Use Variable-Speed MIDI Tracks to speed up or slow the tempo down as desired. Use this in combination with the looping feature, and you can learn at the pace best suited to you! Tune your guitar quickly and easily. A precision gauge Guitar Tuner allows you to play into your computer’s microphone and tune up interactively. Reference guitar tuning notes are also included. The Chord Dictionary includes fingering charts and recorded playback for over 250 guitar chords. Find new chords for songs quickly. An indispensable reference tool! With a Metronome, set your tempo and practice keeping a steady beat with audio and visual indicators. Use the Recorder to save your recordings and play back to compare with the instructor’s version and share with friends. Attention Educators, please visit our academic product page for information on using this product in schools or for private group instruction. Also available: eMedia Guitar For Dummies Deluxe – a two-volume bundle featuring both Levels 1 and 2. Back to Top Contents Contents Summary Introduction I. Reading Tablature and Playing Melodies Tablature; Rhythmic Notation; Melodies – Folk to Classic; Boogie Woogie Bass; Blues Shuffle. II. Bass-Note Strum with Country Tunes Popular Songs with Bass-Note Strum; Bass-Note Double Strum; Alternate Bass-Note Strum. III. Fingerpicking – from Arpeggio to Travis Introduced in “Scarborough Fair,” “House of the Rising Sun,” “Romanza,” and Others. IV. Reading Standard Music Notation How to Read Music String by String; Rhythm; Time Signatures; Accidentals; Key Signatures. Appendix Button Symbols; Commands and Shortcuts; Song Looping; Tools (Animated Fretboard, Recorder, etc); Instant Feedback; Performance Evaluation. Back to Top Reviews What customers are saying... “I have thoroughly enjoyed this software and would recommend it to anyone just learning how to play guitar.” – Chris Vieland of Valrico, FL Back to Top Requirements System requirements Windows®: Windows 11 / 10 / 8 / 7 / Vista / XP Download or CD-ROM Macintosh®: macOS 10.5 to 10.14 * Download or CD-ROM Internet connection recommended for online activation. Requires a Windows desktop, laptop, or tablet device; or a 32-bit (only) Mac desktop or laptop computer. Not compatible with iPhones, iPads, Android, or Chromebook devices. * Attention Mac Users Beginning with macOS 10.15 (Catalina), Apple has eliminated the option to run 32-bit apps on the Mac. If you wish to continue using our applications, which currently require 32-bit support, do not upgrade your operating system past Mac OS 10.14 (Mojave). Alternatively, you can retain an older Mac operating system on a separate drive partition. eMedia developers are currently working on software updates to support Catalina and future versions of macOS, but this is a major undertaking. We are currently unable to foresee how long it will take us to create these new versions. If you purchased your eMedia Mac software on or after September 7, 2019, upon receiving proof of purchase we will provide you with a free upgrade to a macOS 10.15 (Catalina)-compatible version of an eMedia application when it becomes available. All other registered owners of eMedia software will be qualified for discounted upgrades. Questions about system requirements? Contact our technical support department. Back to Top
