eMedia Piano & Keyboard Method v3 [Download]

by eMedia

• Over 300 easy-to-follow lessons from distinguished Juilliard instructor.
• New Interactive Instant Feedback works with both electronic keyboards and acoustic pianos!
• New fully scalable lesson screens and an option for full-screen video.
• Songs and exercises are enhanced by live recorded audio, variable-speed MIDI keyboard tracks, MIDI accompaniments, and an Animated Keyboard.
• Over 100 popular classical, blues, pop, and rock songs, including hit songs from artists such as Billy Joel, Bob Dylan, and Elton John!
• Supported on Windows XP, Vista, 7 and 8

Product Details

• Downloading: Currently, this item is available only to customers located in the United States and who have a U.S. billing address.
• Note: Gifting is not available for this item.
• ASIN: B008GUB6EK
• Release Date: July 9, 2012
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #918 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #6 in Musical Instruments > Recording Equipment > Computer Recording > Software > Instruction

Product Description

Platform: PC Download

This new version of eMedia Piano & Keyboard Method offers everything you need to learn how to play! Piano instructor, Irma Irene Justicia, M.A., who has taught at the renowned Juilliard School of Music, guides you through over 300 step-by-step full-screen lessons. New Instant Feedback works with both electronic keyboards and acoustic pianos! It listens as you play melodies and shows whether you’re playing correctly! The lessons start with the basics, such as hand position, rhythm, and playing on black keys, and move on to reading music notation, sight reading, scales, and much more. Techniques are demonstrated with over 70 videos viewable in full-screen mode. Learn songs and exercises from music notation as an animated keyboard guides you through fingerings. Songs and exercises are provided as both live-recorded audio and variable-speed MIDI tracks which let you slow the music down as needed. Colorful MIDI accompaniments help make practicing fun! You will learn over 100 popular classical, blues, pop, and rock songs, including hit songs from artists such as Billy Joel, Bob Dylan, and Elton John! Interactive review and ear training quizzes help reinforce new concepts and develop your ear. When used with an electronic MIDI keyboard, you get Interactive Evaluation Feedback with detailed specifics on your playing, including which notes and rhythms were wrong and how to correct them. In addition, the new Note Tracker shows you what note you’re playing and makes learning music notation easy. This latest version also offers fully scalable lesson screens and an option for full-screen video. Other accessories include a built-in digital metronome and a recorder. eMedia Piano & Keyboard Method is the ultimate way to learn how to play piano or keyboard!

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for learning piano!! March 27, 2013

By John Cole

Platform for Display:PC Download|Amazon Verified Purchase

I wanted software that would be interactive with my keyboard, and give me feedback as I play.
eMedia Piano & Keyboard does just that and has tons of lessons to guide the beginner, from not knowing what keys are what, to playing songs of increasing complexity.

I also use Synthesia, but find that eMedia is much better for actually learning, from A to Z, about playing piano. Synthesia is better when I have a particular song I want to learn to play.

4.0 out of 5 stars Easy to Use But... May 16, 2013

By RayT

Platform for Display:PC Download|Amazon Verified Purchase

This Software is good.. I downloaded it and installed and it starts off using Black Keys Learning first..then white keys.. Seems different approach than I expected, however its makes up for that by being so much easier than the Book/DVD I got also. It shows the notes your using on the computer and changes the color of the note as you play them. It keeps tract of the notes played and anything wrong with the playing of them timing wise or wrong note wise etc.. Then it gives you a score of how you did and if you click on the score bubble it will show you where your mistakes were made. An excellent system.
I gave only 4 stars because of the Audio from the software that it plays when showing videos.. The Volumn is very low even with Windows Sound turned up all the way, and the Video windows that come up are not sizable...so I'm stuck looking a video that is too small for my tastes and cannot change the size of the window.
If not for those two issues I would have given 5 stars because its the great otherwise.