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Guitar Method is a 2 volume guitar software set that includes Guitar Method and Intermediate Guitar Method.

Guitar Method features over 180 step by step lessons. Arranged in ten chapters, the lessons cover the basics from holding, stringing, and tuning the guitar to playing chords, strumming, and melodies, culminating in an explanation of fingerpicking styles, rock styles, and reading standard music notation. Lessons include a variety of exercises and songs. Songs and exercises can be heard either as live recorded audio or as MIDI tracks that you can slow down or speed up. Both guitar tablature and standard music notation are taught. There are over 50 high quality videos and over three hours of audio and video. Videos include split screens and close ups of both hands. Instructor Kevin Garry, Ph.D., provides clear and friendly instruction.

Guitar Method features songs in a variety of genres to make learning fun and memorable including Rock, Blues, Folk, Country, and Classical! Highlighting of the music and lyrics as they’re heard makes it easy to follow along on guitar. 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
• Rolling Stones/The Doors - Little Red Rooster
• The Steve Miller Band - Rock N' Me
• Heart - Dreamboat Annie
• Rod Stewart/Tom Waits - Downtown Train
• The Grateful Dead Uncle John's Band
• Also included are popular songs, including Scarborough Fair, La Bamba, Midnight Special, Ode to Joy, Minuet, Greensleeves, House of the Rising Sun and many others.

System Requirements:
Windows: Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7 CD-ROM Guitar Software

Macintosh: Mac OS X 10.4 or later CD-ROM Guitar Software

Intermediate Guitar Method will teach you how to play lead guitar and more! Everything you need to take your playing beyond basic chords and melodies. New techniques are demonstrated in over 175 lessons with full motion video, variable speed MIDI, recorded audio and an animated fretboard. You’ll learn to play solos like the ones Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix made famous, using newly acquired lead guitar skills such as hammer-ons, pull-offs, bends, vibrato and slides.

Barre chords and different strumming styles are covered in the rhythm chapters, and there’s a fingerstyle chapter as well. Intervals, scales and the basics of improvisation are also covered in this comprehensive volume. You’ll also find rhythm and fingerstyle chapters, plus lessons on the basics of improvisation. The new scale directory provides fingerings, recordings and variable-speed MIDI for over 200 scales. Additional accessories include an automatic tuner, digital metronome, recorder and 1000 chord dictionary with audio playback.

Intermediate Guitar Method features over 50 songs including:

• All Along the Watchtower - Bob Dylan
• All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
• Spoonful - Eric Clapton, Willie Dixon, and The Rolling Stones
• Jet Airliner - The Steve Miller Band
• Drive On - Johnny Cash
• Time in a Bottle - Jim Croce
• Fur Elise - Ludwig van Beethoven
• Malaguena - Ernesto Lecuona
• Touch of Grey - The Grateful Dead
• I’m Your Captain/Closer to Home - Grand Funk Railroad
• Too Much to Lose - Jeff Beck
• Sloop John B - The Beach Boys
• and many more!

Also includes:
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.

Full Motion Video - Professional guitar instructor Kevin Garry, Ph.D., guides you in over 30 videos with demonstrations of techniques.

Music Notation Display Options – Learn via guitar tablature or standard music notation through this easily accessible menu option.

Audio 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 fingering as the music plays. Learn at the pace best suited to your skill level!

Scale Directory – Fingerings, recordings and variable-speed MIDI for over 150 scales make practicing and learning new scales easy. When scales are introduced in the lesson material, they are followed by sample songs applying those scales, making the learning experience practical and fun.

Music Theory – An interactive circle of fifths helps teach music theory and is linked to scales in the scale directory. Intervals, chord construction, the basics of improvisation, and modes are also covered in Intermediate Guitar Method.

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 - Includes fingering charts and recorded sounds for over 1000 chords! Easy access helps you learn songs with new chords quickly. An indispensable reference tool.

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.

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.

System Requirements:
Windows: Windows 98/NT/2000/Me/XP/Vista/Windows 7 16 MB of free RAM, 31 MB of free hard disk space PC soundcard, CD-ROM Guitar Software

Macintosh: Power PC (or faster), Intel OK Mac OS 9.0+ or Mac OS X 10.1 or later 16 MB of free RAM, 18MB of free hard disk space CD ROM Guitar Software