Guitar 101: The Fender Method

by G-VOX Interactive Music

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• ASIN: B00001NTUB
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 3, 2004
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #23,030 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)

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Amazon.com Review

So you want to learn to play electric guitar? Fender, the world's leading electric guitar manufacturer, has teamed up with G-VOX to create Guitar 101, an easy-to-use CD-ROM tutorial that covers the basics of electric guitar playing. The program consists of 30 sequenced lessons, which are divided into six categories: mechanics of the guitar, the right hand, the left hand, combining hands, music basics, and music theory. Each of the lessons has six parts to it: introduction, textbook, movie, styles, exercises, and a quiz. The movie, a demonstration by a guitar teacher, and the textbook form the crux of the lesson. The exercises allow you to practice the techniques of the lesson, and the quiz is a multiple choice review of the concepts covered.

Guitar 101 is specifically targeted for beginners who want to play rock or pop styles on the electric guitar with a pick. The lessons are logically ordered and are easy to understand. Each lesson analyzes only one concept, and you might find it easy to master several early lessons in one sitting. Moving through the lessons is as simple as point and click.

In addition to the lessons, Guitar 101 also has a feature called Hot Spots, which includes tuning the guitar, playing along with prerecorded beats and classic rock songs, and an extensive glossary. There is also a short history of the Fender Stratocaster. Though Guitar 101 is designed for use as a stand-alone product, it can also be used in conjunction with G-VOX's Guitar software, which converts a regular electric guitar signal into a MIDI instrument. This makes it possible to play along with various lesson exercises as well as with the prerecorded Hot Spots music. --Matthew Kohut

Amazon.com Product Description

This classroom-on-a-disk is the perfect solution for aspiring guitarists who want to teach themselves on their own time, in private, and learn as much or as little as they want. Co-created by Fender Musical Instruments, Guitar 101 is the complete solution for beginners, offering 30 self-contained lessons that really start at the beginning, from the parts of the guitar and how to sit when you play, and moving on to teach you the Fender Method of playing.

You'll visit six interactive multimedia "classrooms" with veteran Los Angeles studio guitarist and Supertramp veteran Carl Verheyen. Learn the guitar using time-tested exercises, scales, and music theory from legendary guitar instructor Jack Cecchini, who's been teaching people to strum and pick with the best for 40 years.

After each lesson, test what you've learned with the Skills Quiz. When your lessons are finished, not only will you be ready to take private lessons with confidence, you'll be playing the Beatles' "Day Tripper" along with your personal computer! Whether you'd love to play in your high school band or you've thought about learning the guitar for 40 years, Guitar 101 will help you learn cheaper, faster, and more completely than any other teacher. After all, you're teaching yourself!

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