eMedia Music Corporation Blues Guitar Legends for PC, Mac

eMedia Blues Guitar Legends Lessons CD Macintosh and Windows

The eMedia Blues Guitar Legends Software teaches you have to play classic blues songs from the masters themselves! Blues Guitar Legends can be enjoyed by guitar players of all skill levels. Simplified chord versions of the songs are ideal for beginners, while experienced players can learn note-for-note from the full transcriptions of both lead and rhythm parts. The animated fretboard shows you the fingerings in real-time, so you don't need to read music. Original recordings and variable-speed MIDI tracks let you learn at the tempo you choose. Looping lets you select and repeat tricky sections of a song. eMedia Blues Guitar Legends CD Features Ten Original Artist Recordings Statesboro Blues performed by The Allman Brothers Band Smoking Gun performed by Robert Cray Early In The Morning performed by Buddy Guy, with Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton The Thrill Is Gone performed by B. B. King Hide Away performed by Freddie King Boogie Chillen performed by John Lee Hooker Cherry Red Wine performed by Jonny Lang Crossfire performed by Stevie Ray Vaughan Hoochie Coochie Man performed by Muddy Waters Back Door Man performed by Howlin’ Wolf Full and Simplified Versions of Each Song Learn to play the song note-for-note or choose the simplified chord version for beginners! Additional MIDI tracks for each version allow you to adjust song tempo to your skill level. Looping feature allows you to highlight and play only a selected portion of the song. Enhanced CD-ROM As an enhanced CD-ROM, Blues Guitar Legends can be played either on an audio CD player or on your computer. Playing Tips Instructional material presents the chords and tips needed to master the song and also helps you emulate the tone and technique of the blues guitar greats. Artist Biographies and Photos Gain insights into the lives of the legends. Animated Fretboard Watch the fretboard come alive with real-time display of notes, including bends, vibrato and slides! Includes both right- and left-handed views from both the perspective of looking down at your guitar and across at an instructor’s guitar. Automatic Tuner Visually tune your electric or acoustic guitar by playing into a computer microphone. Includes custom tunings for specific songs when needed. Also provides audio reference notes for each string. 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 Record and play yourself back! This feature allows you to compare your recordings with the originals, fine tune your skills and store musical ideas. eMedia Blues Guitar Legends reviews eMedia's latest guitar course lets you follow in the frets of Robert Cray, B.B. King, and The Allman Brothers Band... with 10 recordings ready to be speeded up, slowed down, looped, and eventually mastered. -Dave Ross, CBS Radio Network's Chip Talk Awesome **** (4 stars out of 4) -Jonathan Silver, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The best guitar instructional piece I've ever seen. -Brian Kiernan, Blues Access

eMedia Blues Guitar Legends

Blues Guitar Legends features 10 monumental blues songs by artists such as Stevie Ray Vaughan, B.B. King and John Lee Hooker. Original artist recordings are synched to an animated fretboard that displays fingering positions on a virtual guitar neck. Complete, note-for-note transcriptions of both lead and rhythm guitar parts, plus simple chord-based versions are all included. Songs are written in both standard notation and guitar tablature. MIDI audio tracks supplement the master recordings of each song, enabling students to learn at a tempo best-suited to their skill level. Built-in accessories include an automatic tuner, metronome and built-in recorder. - Pentium PC, Windows 95 / 98 / NT / 2000 / Me, 16 MB free RAM. - Power PC, System 7.5.3 or later, 16 MB RAM.