Teach Me Guitar Deluxe

by Turtle Beach

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• Teach Me Guitar Deluxe

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• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00005Q5X5
• Item model number: 731855048557
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 25, 2001
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #16,122 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #90 in Software > Video & Music > Software > Notation & Composition
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Capably hosted by respected session guitarist and veteran instructor Ross Bolton, Voyetra Turtle Beach's Teach Me Guitar Deluxe won't teach you how to solo like Carlos Santana. The program instead distills the most important elements of beginning and intermediate rock guitar into bite-size bits that promote extensive hands-on practice and self-discovery. Like a Reader's Digest Condensed Book, it smartly conveys the flavor and styling of its subject matter without overwhelming the user, thus allowing aspiring players to begin the move from bumbling amateur to nimble-fingered virtuoso.

Starting with basic open chords and progressing sequentially through chord variations, power and movable chording, basic melody positioning, scales, picking techniques, and several standard blues and rock progressions, Teach Me Guitar Deluxe features 30-plus lessons amid a wide variety of compelling visual accompaniments. Students have access to such perks as animated fretboards, graphic fingering demonstrations, charts, and live-environment music videos featuring Bolton and his made-for-software band. While only four complete songs are offered, each is paired with an impressive tutorial that covers every note from the beginning of the introduction on through the verse, chorus, solo, and conclusion.

Fortunately, the program is designed to adapt to varying abilities. At any point during the proceedings, players may opt to loop and repeat a given passage, decrease or increase musical tempo without affecting the key, skip sections that seem too simplistic, or consult the enclosed chord dictionary booklet for more comprehensive fingering instructions. Teach Me Guitar Deluxe distinguishes itself from Voyetra's earlier Teach Me Guitar in several respects, the most notable of which is an electronic tuner that allows you to connect your axe to the computer's sound card for error-free digital setup. The package also includes a new audio-visual presentation of its printed chord dictionary, a hard-copy tablature pad, and a trio of guitar picks. Sadly, all three of the latter are equally thick and perhaps a bit too stiff for some.

Those who already know their basic chops and feel the need to move on to advanced soloing and phrasing are advised to check out Voyetra's more sophisticated Teach Me Rock Guitar or Teach Me Blues Guitar. Yet rookie and sophomore players wanting to supplement their learning curve with a grab bag of the essentials should find Teach Me Guitar Deluxe a helpful, enjoyable, and easily navigable instructional aid. --Gordon Goble

Product Description

Includes all of the lessons in Teach Me Guitar and a whole lot more! With Teach Me Guitar Deluxe you ll learn everything from Teach Me Guitar and then move on to the next level. Learn how to play open position chords and melodies as well as moveable chords and melodies. Learn dozens of chords by seeing and hearing them in the Animated Chord Dictionary. You can even turn your PC sound card into an electronic guitar tuner! Also includes a guitar tablature pad for writing your own music and practice notes.

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Customer Reviews

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31 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars All flash and no real learning!, April 10, 2003

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Jan Obrien (Frederick, MD) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Teach Me Guitar Deluxe (CD-ROM)

I bought 2 CDROMs from this company, piano for my kid and guitar for myself. Neither does a very good job of teaching. This one is by far the worse of the two. My biggest problem is the lessons are very scattered. You are expected to go from point A to point D, skipping B and C. The playback on the songs isn't very flattering, as it is MIDI with no real guitar sounds. The instructor is straight out of the eighties with his big hair, so if anything I got a good laugh.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Got this for my kids & not happy, July 28, 2005

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J. Pals - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Teach Me Guitar Deluxe (CD-ROM)

I got this for my kids and am really disappointed. Frankly I hate it and feel ripped off. I can teach my kids more useable hands on guitar than this ever will and the kids immediately lost interst with it. Kids learn from songs they already know - and this thing has only three made up mediocre tunes to learn with. I saw a cd that had about 100 known songs on it for the kids to pick and learn - this wasnt the one! Wish I had wrote down the program so I didnt make the mistake.