Teach Me Rock Guitar

by Voyetra

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 10.9 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004ZCOE
• Item model number: VTS-4852-100
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 21, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #21,999 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Voyetra's Teach Me Rock Guitar is a self-learning package that allows you to learn to play guitar by first learning three classic-rock songs: "Crossroads," "Little Wing," and "Freeway Jam." Teach Me Rock Guitar offers an easy step-by-step method, complete with videos, charts, and diagrams. The animated fretboard shows you the fingerings on the guitar neck in real time as you play. You can control tempos or loop sections, which makes it easy to learn songs at your own pace. And, when you're ready to jam, you can even play along with the band. The self-paced course lets you begin with concepts and basic theory, or skip right to the lessons. A video overview introduces you to each phase of the course. Each phase focuses on particular chords and techniques, which are described by your instructor, written in text passages, and demonstrated by video clips. You don't have to read music to play guitar. Clear and simple illustrations, diagrams, and charts show you exactly where to place your fingers.

At the end of each section, take the chords and techniques that you've just learned and put them to work by playing the included classic-rock songs--complete with chord charts, tablature, music notation, and an onscreen backing band. Music glossary animations that cover melody, harmony, rhythm, and notation are linked to the songs and lessons to help you learn music easily. Each section ends with a complete song for you to play. When you're ready to jam, mute the guitar track and sit in with the band. Watch the notes appear on the guitar neck as you play along with songs. Full MIDI control lets you adjust the mix, loop particular sections, and change the tempo so that you can learn the part slowly. Choose from four different views of the neck, and find the one that works for you--there's even a special view for lefties. Teach Me Rock Guitar comes with picks, a pocket guitar-chord dictionary, and even a software-based tuning system. It's perfect for beginners and advanced players alike.

Product Description

The best way to learn guitar is to play guitar - and what better way to learn than by playing great classics like Crossroads, Little Wing and Freeway Jam! Voyetra's Teach Me Rock Guitar is a super-easy, step by step method, complete with videos, charts and diagrams.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Product, January 2, 2002

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Thomas C McCaughey (Nikiski, AK USA) - See all my reviews

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

I totally disagree with the last review. I've had this product for the last year and use it often. I would consider myself an intermediate player and find this very helpful. This isn't meant for beginners as a "learn everything you need to know" type of product. It is meant to show the intermediate player alot of technique. If you have any desire to play Crossroads and Little Wing this is a must. You can slow the video lesson down and go frame by frame to see the fingering and technique that Keith Wyatt uses. The complete music videos are way cool as well. The only thing it lacks is a way to print the tab so you can practice away from the computer. I also have the "Teach me Blues Guitar" and love it as well. I wish Keith Wyatt and Voyetra would put out more products. Both of these products have been a great addition to my practice routine.

25 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Avoid this product, May 25, 2001

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Eddie Mikell (Charlottesville, VA United States) - See all my reviews

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

I bought this product on a whim, thinking I could use to re-enforce my "guitar for dummies" knowledge.

While the cover looks exciting (play along with the band, many views of the guitar, etc.), once you load the product and start trying to use it to learn is when you realize how badly you want to get your money back.

I think the biggest complaint, is that there is no order on the lessons. There is a table of contents, but nothing even remotely indicating "start here and go in this direction". It is the most unorganized piece of software I have ever purchased.

Save your money, and run away from this product.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars intermediate players a prerequisite, January 17, 2004

By A Customer

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

The instuctional part is good but the animated fretboard does not always follow what the instuctor is doing on the guitar, it sometime plays the notes in a differant position on the guitar.
It is very helpful to know the notes repetitive postion on the fretboard other wise you may have a hard time following how the instuctor is playing.
good cd but probably not for the beginner.