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Mac OS X 10.4 or later
Rock Guitar For Dummies - Learn Rock Chords, Riffs and Cool Rock Guitar Songs
Now get the great combination of "For Dummies" fun plus eMedia's Interactive Feedback technologies to make rock guitar lessons easy and enjoyable. Charles McCrone, a graduate of Guitar Institute of Technology at Musician's Institute, provides over 70 guitar lessons on how to play electric guitar covering power chords, bar chords (barre chords), riffs and more. Rock Guitar For Dummies teaches basic lead guitar lessons with the blues scale, how to read guitar tabs, plus the use of effects pedals. Included are classic rock guitar songs by The Kinks, Green Day, Blue Oyster Cult, Nirvana and others to make guitar practice fun while you dig into learning rock, punk and metal guitar styles.
The Fast and Easy Way to Starting Playing
eMedia Rock Guitar For Dummies features hit songs, including songs found in Guitar Hero and Rock Band
12 Bar Blues
AC/DC-Style Song
All Day and All of the Night by The Kinks
All Right Now by Free
All Right Now by Free (Intro)
Black Sabbath-Style Song
Blind Melon-Style Song
Blink 182-Style Song
Blues Progression
Classic Rock Riff 1
Classic Rock Riff 2 Don't Fear the Reaper by Blue Oyster Cult
Eagles-Style Song
Green Day-Style Song
Lake of Fire (Verse)
Lake of Fire Solo
Lead Licks with the A Blues Scale
Led Zeppelin-Style Song
Lenny Kravitz-Style Song
Metallica-Style Song
Movable Blues Scale #1
Rolling Stones-Style Song
Smashing Pumpkins-Style Song
Star Spangled Banner as by Jimi Hendrix
Tomorrow (Pre-Chorus)
Tomorrow by Silverchair (Bridge)
Tomorrow by Silverchair (Chorus)
Tomorrow by Silverchair (Full Version)
You Really Got Me (Opening Riff)
You Really Got Me as by Van Halen
Over 70 Step-by-Step Rock Guitar 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!
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.
Animated Fretboard
The 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.
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.