eMedia Music EG07091 Essential Guitar Pack

The eMedia Essential Guitar Pack comes with everything you need to start playing the guitar including a quality 39" nylon-string acoustic guitar with cool black styling and a full, warm sound you'll be able to enjoy for years to come. Also included is a gig bag, guitar strap, pick and an extra set of strings along with the instructional eMedia Guitar Method CD-ROM (also available as download) and a bonus eMedia Essential Guitar DVD video. What makes this pack so valuable is that it comes with a complete learning solution for all ages, kids to adult. The best-selling eMedia Guitar Method Win/Mac software is the winner of many awards and makes learning easy and fun. It conveniently teaches you at your own pace. It has over 180 easy-to-follow, comprehensive lessons authored and demonstrated by professional guitarist Kevin Garry, Ph.D. Over 50 videos guide you through basics such as tuning the guitar and playing simple chords to power chords, strumming styles and fingerpicking techniques. You'll learn modern rock strumming, how to play the blues, the bass-note strum for country tunes, and much more. You'll also learn how to play melodies plus read tablature and standard music notation. All this is taught in over 70 songs--it's easy. As the live recorded songs play, the Animated Fretboard shows you where to put your fingers while Music Tracking highlights the corresponding notes on the screen. The variable-speed MIDI tracks let you slow down any song or exercise so you can learn at your own pace. Song looping lets you highlight and repeat any section of music you wish to practice. eMedia Guitar Method features songs in a variety of genres to make learning fun and memorable. It includes dynamic, multi-track audio playback of hit songs popularized by well-known artists, such as "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" by Bob Dylan, "Little Red Rooster" made famous by the Rolling Stones, "Rock N' Me" by Steve Miller Band, "Downtown Train" by Tom Waits and made famous by Rod Stewart, "Uncle John's Band" by The Grateful Dead, "Scarborough Fair" made famous by Simon and Garfunkel, "House of the Rising Sun" made famous by the Animals, "La Bamba" made famous by Ritchie Valens and Los Lobos and "Midnight Special" made famous by Creedence Clearwater Revival. "Ode to Joy", "Minuet" and "Greensleeves" are some of the other popular tunes. Great software practice tools include eMedia's Automatic Tuner, Chord Dictionary with fingering charts and audio playback for over 250 chords, Digital Metronome for improving rhythm and an Audio Recorder to hear your performance and share with friends.

Brown box packaging Full-size, 39" Sequoia acoustic nylon-string guitar Durable, nylon gig bag with straps & pocket eMedia Guitar Method guitar software for Windows & Mac Includes a guitar strap, pick, an extra set of nylon strings & Essential Acoustic Guitar DVD