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Beginner Guitar Lesson CD-ROM

by Manic Wave Design featuring videos and tablature as well as standard music notation. This lesson is designed to aid the beginner in developing the techniques necessary to play the guitar in a relaxed virtual lesson environment, with videos showing all examples being played by a professional guitar teacher.

Contained on this Beginner Guitar Lesson CD-ROM are eight complete playing lessons including:

- 1st string through 6th string lessons, covering all of the notes at the first three frets

- scale & chord exercises, covering the C major scale and chords with varying strumming patterns>

- intermediate lesson, designed to challenge the beginner with more difficult arrangements of Ode to Joy(Beethoven), Jingle Bells, Largo (Dvorak), and Greensleeves

Also features: Beginner Guitar Lesson CD-ROM, music, tablature

- "parts of the guitar" section, describing the various parts of acoustic and electric guitars

- "playing position" section showing proper body position and pick handling

- "basics of reading music" section describing the components of the musical staff, including notes, rests, the G clef, etc. and teaches how these are to be read and interpreted

- "reading tab & chord charts" section which shows how to read guitar tablature and chord charts

- "tuning" section showing the player how to properly tune the guitar

- "chord dictionary" featuring nearly 200 commonly used chords in all keys

In addition to high quality videos (mpeg), this Beginner Guitar Lesson CD-ROM also has "listen" and "playalong" features (in MIDI format) that allow the student to hear the example (with piano accompaniment) as well as play the example along with the piano, which offers the student a rich learning environment.
This "teach yourself guitar" Beginner Guitar Lesson CD-ROM contains about 6 months worth of lessons at a low price, with the ability to revisit each lesson, play and pause the videos at your discretion, and practice at your own pace.

Guitar Soloing Technics CD-ROM

Guitar Soloing Techniques CD-ROM by Manic Wave Design. Features eight solos in varying styles:

- Blues solo #1 - a beginner solo in the style of B.B. King and Eric Clapton, with an intro reminiscent of a technique used by Robert Johnson.

- Blues solo #2 - an intermediate solo, in the style of Stevie Ray Vaughn.

- Funk solo - an intermediate/difficult solo, with a jazz/blues feel. Incorporates a SRV/EC sound with some Mike Stern influenced jazz passages.

- Funk/Blues solo - an intermediate/difficult solo which consists of two short solos, the first one possessing a modern blues sound, while the second has a fusion feel, a cross between a Jeff Beck and a Scott Henderson sound.

- Fusion solo - an intermediate solo, designed to show the chord/scale relationship that a jazz/fusion soloist must understand in order to "cut changes", or to accent chord tones within their lines. This solo has elements of Robben Ford and Scott Henderson.

- Hard Rock/Heavy Metal solo - a difficult solo with introduces the "tapping" technique used by players such as Eddie Van Halen, Steve Vai, and Joe Satriani. A "legato" technique ("hammer-ons" and "pull-offs") is also used, as well as tapped harmonics.

- Punk solo - a difficult solo played over punk/ska rhythms made popular by bands like Green Day, Sublime, and the Mighty Mighty Bosstones. Begins with a jazz/blues feel, and ends with a full-blown Steve Vai inspired climax. A sweep picking technique is introduced, as well as some fast 16th note runs played with an alternate picking pattern.

- Rockabilly solo - a difficult solo which invokes the spirit of the late great Danny Gatton, a master of many styles such as blues, jazz, country, and of course, rockabilly.

Included within the CD-ROM are videos which show the solos played in full, as well as separate videos which focus on the more difficult passages within each solo. The CD-ROM also has a "playalong" feature, a rhythm track minus the solo for the guitarist to play over.

The CD-ROM contains all of the tablature, as well as a scale dictionary which includes major/minor and pentatonic/blues scales in all keys.

This "teach yourself guitar" lesson CD-ROM contains about 6 months worth of guitar lessons at a low price, with the ability to revisit each lesson, play and pause the videos at your discretion, and practice at your own pace.

Guitar Soloing Technics DVD and Booklet

Guitar Soloing Techniques DVD and Booklet by Manic Wave Design. Features eight solos in varying styles:

- Blues solo #1 - a beginner solo in the style of B.B. King and Eric Clapton, with an intro reminiscent of a technique used by Robert Johnson.

- Blues solo #2 - an intermediate solo, in the style of Stevie Ray Vaughn.

- Funk solo - an intermediate/difficult solo, with a jazz/blues feel. Incorporates a SRV/EC sound with some Mike Stern influenced jazz passages.

- Funk/Blues solo - an intermediate/difficult solo which consists of two short solos, the first one possessing a modern blues sound, while the second has a fusion feel, a cross between a Jeff Beck and a Scott Henderson sound.

- Fusion solo - an intermediate solo, designed to show the chord/scale relationship that a jazz/fusion soloist must understand in order to "cut changes", or to accent chord tones within their lines. This solo has elements of Robben Ford and Scott Henderson.

- Hard Rock/Heavy Metal solo - a difficult solo with introduces the "tapping" technique used by players such as Eddie Van Halen, Steve Vai, and Joe Satriani. A "legato" technique ("hammer-ons" and "pull-offs") is also used, as well as tapped harmonics.

- Punk solo - a difficult solo played over punk/ska rhythms made popular by bands like Green Day, Sublime, and the Mighty Mighty Bosstones. Begins with a jazz/blues feel, and ends with a full-blown Steve Vai inspired climax. A sweep picking technique is introduced, as well as some fast 16th note runs played with an alternate picking pattern.

- Rockabilly solo - a difficult solo which invokes the spirit of the late great Danny Gatton, a master of many styles such as blues, jazz, country, and of course, rockabilly.

Included within the DVD are videos which show the solos played in full, as well as separate videos which focus on the more difficult passages within each solo. The DVD also has a "playalong" feature, a rhythm track minus the solo for the guitarist to play over.

The booklet contains all of the tablature, as well as a scale dictionary which includes major/minor and pentatonic/blues scales in all keys.

Please note that the DVD is created with DVD+R media, which is compatible with approximately 86% of all DVD players, and is compatible with most computer DVD drives. A list of DVD players that are compatible with DVD+R media can be found on many websites that offer information about writable media. It is the responsibilty of the buyer to determine whether or not the DVD+R media is compatible with their player/drive. A CD-ROM version is also available if compatibility is an issue.

This "teach yourself guitar" lesson DVD & booklet contains about 6 months worth of guitar lessons at a low price, with the ability to revisit each lesson, play and pause the videos at your discretion, and practice at your own pace.