Customer Reviews

eMedia Guitar Songs 1 version 2.0 [Old Version]

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4 star:		(3)
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1 star:		(0)

 

 

This CDROM has it all. Music, TAB, play along with either the MIDI version of the song OR the audio version. The audio versions have track muting capability so you can mute the vocal or the Guitar or Bass. The nicest feature is the animated fret board so you if you don't know a chord or aren't that familiar with playing lead in the 7th position: have no fear, this feature cuts right through all of that. This CDROM is formatted for Windows AND Mac: which makes ordering easier too!

It was really cool how this CDROM was put together. Very user friendly & easy to install & run. You can hear the finished product, watch the guitar tabs to see how it is played with adjustable MIDI Music control to speed it up or slow it down. Mute the part you want to play & jam along with the band. Cool stuff! It also includes a brief history of the song & the artist, which is always interesting.

If I had had this type of instruction as a teen I probably wouldn't have sucked so bad as a musician. I would have been able to better keep up my interest & enthusiam because CDROMs like this provide continuous access & infinite patience in teaching the more difficult songs & unique styles. I always learned from friends who gave me 5 minutes, then walked.

Granted this CD includes a diverse, "something-for-everyone" approach adding classical & country tunes to rock & blues. For that I only gave it four stars & also because there is no clip of the musician actually playing the guitar on the Demo like Voyetra's "Teach Me Rock Guitar". But it must be conceded that Voyetra could only fit four songs on their CD while this one has 21 diverse tunes. eMedia website also provides good software support for these guitar series.

Despite what this site AND the companies own website say, this product is NOT compatible with Windows XP. Their tech support guy is nice, but helpless with an issue that is insoluble. Their customer service just said, "sorry, return it to Amazon and maybe try another one of our titles." No offer to exchange for a working title, as they were worried about throwing off inventory.

Although the listing said it works with Windows XP, it does not. I purchased the Guitar Songs 1 version 2.0 edition. It did not work with XP at all. I am wondering if there is a version that will work with XP. Be careful before you purchase it!!

What Flip said is not true. I have been using the eMedia Guitar method for over a year, with no problems whatsoever, and my laptop ran Windows XP. Don't know what his problem might have been, but it's not true that the eMedia Guitar Method is incompatible with XP. I have been very satisfied with the program, and have learned a lot from it. However, with that being said, I would like to say that you don't want to buy the course, if you are running Windows 7 (64-bit), as I am, now. My old laptop died, so I just bought a new one that's running Windows 7, and when I put the CD into the drive, to install it, I get the message that it's incompatible with my new 64-bit system. I e-mailed eMedia about this problem, asking them if they have a patch, but got no answer. A few minutes ago, I e-mailed them a second message, restating what I had said in the first one, so we'll see if they have any customer support or not.

beatifull cd with examples of good songs a new way to learn guitar playing more easely and faster way