Teach Yourself to Play Guitar [CD-ROM] [CD-ROM]

None (Actor), Alfred Publishing (Director)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 28, 2006

Everything you need to know to start playing now!

Product Details

• CD-ROM
• Publisher: Alfred (September 28, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0739007106
• ISBN-13: 978-0739007105
• ASIN: B000059OO9
• Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,365,726 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Morty Manus is president of Alfred Music Publishing Co., Inc. When Morty joined the company, he had recently received a business degree from City College of New York. As a clarinetist and pianist, he saw the need for quality music education publications. Drawing upon his musical experiences, Morty oversaw the development of instructional publications for accordion, guitar, piano, and drums; performance music for band, orchestra, chorus, and music theory.

Morty is the author and editor of numerous Alfred titles, including Alfred's Basic Guitar Course, Alfred's Basic Piano Library, Alfred's Adult Piano Course, and Essentials of Music Theory. In 2008, he received an honorary doctorate degree in music from the VanderCook College of Music in Chicago for "having made a significant contribution to the music education profession as evidenced by his outstanding creative achievements, scholarship and leadership."

Morty met his wife Iris when she was working for Alfred on Saturdays. Iris has worked on a full-time basis for Alfred since the late 1960s, and maintains the position of executive producer.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Poorly laid out for a beginner, December 1, 2002

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Paul Baker "Pavlo" (Buffalo, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Teach Yourself to Play Guitar (CD-ROM)

My wife bought me a guitar for my birthday and this book, and I find it extremely frustrating. It assumes I know music notes, and I am a beginner and do not. It said on the cover it shows you how to hold the guitar, it does not. It said on the cover it shows you how to take care of your guitar it does not. The CD will not play on my computer. Mostly I have always wanted to learn guitar and all this has taught me is how to throw a book accross a room.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Full featured and interactive, December 6, 2003

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Chris R. Kaufman "brooklynchrisk" (NYC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Teach Yourself to Play Guitar (CD-ROM)

This CD-ROM is very cool. It is pretty rudimentary, but if you are learning or refreshing your knowledge of reading music, this is a painless and fun way to do it. It also has tabulature (?), or pictures and descriptions of where to play the notes if you don't want to learn musical notation. Also, you can set the tempo of the sections you play along with, as well as mute any combination of 4 tracks, such as metronome, guitar (example), accompaniment, and (?) rythm section. Graphics are clear and show where on the neck, what fret and what string to play. There's also a "tuner" which plays the notes needed to tune your guitar. Sound quality in general, and of the tuner is fine.

2 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars REVEIW, August 19, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Teach Yourself to Play Guitar (CD-ROM)

I LOVE THIS ITEM. IT'S TAUGHT ME A LOT. NOW I CAN SIT IN MY ROOM LISTENING TO RECORDINGS OF MINE.