Customer Reviews

eMedia Guitar Method, Vol.1 (Ver. 2)

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I've been using the Emedia Guitar CD-ROM for almost five months now and my progress is remarkable. Each newly taught guitar skill is backed up with songs and exercises to practice and refine that technique. My only problem with this product is the recorder is no better than the one included with most computers. The other built-in features (tuner, metronome and chord dictionary) are all very helpful. I've been going to a lot of free guitar tab sites and the chord dictionary is a great help for all those chords I haven't learned yet and are rarely written out. There is also a way to slow down any song on the program, which is very helpful now that I'm working on some more difficult stuff.

I highly recommend this for anyone serious about learning.

I've been learning guitar from Guitar Method for about 3 months now and am very happy with my progress. The information is laid out in a very intuitive/easy to follow way. The lessons all progress very logically and keep you interested. Best of all, you learn with easy fun songs that make it a lot of fun. Right off the bat, you've got songs to practice the techniques you're learning. As the difficulty in techniques progresses, so do the songs. I'm already to the point where I can play Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan songs. It's a definite must have if you're learning guitar.

If you want to learn to play the guitar, get this course. Before using this course I had never even picked up a guitar. In a month, I was playing. Here it is 6 month later and I'm playing well enough to play with just about anybody. The course layout is logical and makes learning something you can't help but do.

Chords are introduced one or two at a time and each lesson builds on previous lessons so that what you learned early on in the course remains fresh in your mind. Couple that with the video of the author demonstrating various techniques, animated fretboard, chord finder (with a diagram and audio of the chord) and metronome and you have a great course that makes learning to play the guitar very easy. As with any learning tool, you have to want to learn and you have to practice. But, this course is a great tool to get you to playing a guitar.

Guitar Method gives you a lot of useful techniques for learning guitar. I was very impressed with how easy it made it. I've already got a few songs under my belt.

I've palyed guitar for many years and I can well appreciate the time, effort and creativity that has gone into such a product. I am impressed with its content, particularly the progression. It is very clear and well thought out! Give us more of the same.

In response to a previous review, eMedia will take back their products. I got Guitar Method 2 from a store and it was a little too difficult because I've only been playing for about 2 months. eMedia was very nice and exchanged it for Guitar Method 1. Make sure you do it in 30 days. The program is very helpful and my progress has rapidly accelerated. I'll probably end up getting the second level after all. I also really like Zen and the Art of Guitar for a little inspiration.

This is the greatest lesson program there is. I have tried books people showing me how to play and this is just hands down the best way to learn. I have been playing for about two weeks now and can only say you would think I had been playing for a few months. No kidding it is that good. I would recomend this to anyone who wants to learn to play the guitar.

If your looking to learn the guitar, and acquire skills where you can play it with some degree of proficency, I would suggest you also look at GuitarCoach. I purchased both eMedia as well as Guitar Coach, and now find myself learning primarily from Guitar Coach. Its very well structured for learning where you acquire real skills in a very interactive way. Guitar Method, on the other hand is designed more for those just want to play songs quickly (like I once did), but skips on teaching you the fundamental skills that you will soon be handicaped without.

I've really struggled with guitar books for many months now but I got this CD-ROM for X-mass and I've really made a lot of progress. Having an instructor on call to see first hand how to play a chord or strum is such a plus. You can slow all the songs down to whatever speed you need them, which is also handy. I'll definitely move on to the next level.

I agree with everything everyone else has said. The guitar learning program is very well laid out. I am already playing some songs after a few weeks.