Manufacturer's Description

Guitar Master - Play Guitar for Real! Learn with songs featured in Guitar Hero and Rock Band
eMedia Guitar Master makes learning quick and easy with over 100 audio- and video-enhanced guitar lessons and rock gear tips. You can start from scratch, and our revolutionary teaching style will have you playing songs, chords and riffs within minutes! Instructor Charles McCrone, a graduate of the cutting-edge Guitar Institute of Technology, with over 25 years of playing and teaching experience, takes you through all the techniques needed to play rock, punk and metal. These include movable power chords, barre chords, effects pedals, yanks, hammer-ons, pull-offs, palm muting, distorted riffs, the blues scale, using feedback, the whammy bar and more! Guitar Master is hosted by Steve Rock (KISW "Metal Shop").

114 Step-By-Step Lessons
The eMedia Guitar Master CD-ROM makes learning quick and easy with over 100 audio- and video-enhanced guitar lessons. Our revolutionary teaching style has you playing songs, chords and riffs within minutes - no previous experience required. The gear tips will help keep you playing all night long!

Hit songs include:

"Paranoid" by Black Sabbath
"You Really Got Me" as by Van Halen
"Lake of Fire" by Nirvana
"Tired of Waiting for You" as by Green Day
"All Day and All of the Night" by the Kinks
"Don't Fear the Reaper" by Blue Öyster Cult
"Tomorrow" by Silverchair
"All Right Now" by Free and many more!

Also includes songs in the style of Blink 182, Rage Against the Machine, AC/DC and many more!

Animated Fretboard
Displays fingering positions as the music plays. Also shows fingering for any chord or note you double-click. Features right-handed, left-handed and mirror views.

Video Instruction
In over 50 full-motion videos, host Steve Rock demonstrates techniques. Split-screen videos provide close-ups as needed. Spoken tips and advice from the instructor are just a click away.

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

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!

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 250 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.

Guitar Hero is a registered trademark of Activision Publishing, Inc.. Rock Band is a trademark or registered trademark of Harmonix Music Systems, Inc.. eMedia Guitar Master is not affiliated with either of the above.

Reviews
"eMedia Guitar Master provides all the assistance you can possibly imagine, or desire, to make you guitar mastering journey as easy as possible", Editor's Choice, Computer Times "eMedia's Guitar Master is a hit. It gets 5 out of 5 stars!" - Tim Irvin, Pickstoke.com "Quality multimedia instructional content that is worth paying for."- Jon Chappell, Harmony Central

System Requirements:
Windows: Microsoft Windows 2000, XP, Vista or Windows 7 (32 and 64-bit), 16MB free RAM, CD-ROM Drive
Macintosh: Mac OS X 10.1 or later, 16MB free RAM, CD-ROM Drive