The Piano, Guitar, & Ukulele for Beginners Software Bundle

The eMedia Starter Keyboard Lessons offers over 50 step-by-step lessons starting from basics such as hand position to note reading, time signatures, playing with both hands, and more! Piano teacher Irma Irene Justica, M.A., who has taught at the renowned Julliard School of Music, guides you with video demonstrations of techniques. Songs and exercises are enhanced by live recorded audio, variable-speed MIDI keyboard tracks, and colorful MIDI accompaniments. Interactive review and ear training screens help reinforce new concepts and develop your ear. eMedia Starter Keyboard Lessons provides specific feedback on playing mistakes, including wrong notes and rhythms for electronic keyboards and acoustic pianos.

• Instant Feedback: Highlights notes played correctly in melodies (works with acoustic pianos or any electronic keyboard)
• Interactive Evaluation: Learning is easy with specific feedback on mistakes
• Personalized Reports: Show your rate of progress, including scores for specific songs
• Interactive Feedback Balloons: Point out mistakes in notes or rhythm.
• Variable-Speed MIDI Tracks: Slow the music down as you like
• Song Looping: Lets you highlight & repeat any section of music you wish to practice
• Music Tracking: Highlights notes or chords as they are played
• Educational: With over 120 full-motion videos to watch
• Interactive Review & Ear Training Screens: Help reinforce new concepts and develop your ear

Great Practice Tools

• Digital Metronome: Set your own speed & keep a steady beat with audio or visual feedback
• Digital Recorder: Save your recordings & play them back to share and compare
• New Note & Finger Tracker: Your computer will listen as you play, show you the notes you play in music notation and their positions on the keyboard
• Animated Keyboard: Displays color-coded fingerings as the music plays

The eMedia Starter Guitar Lessons delivers 19 interactive guitar lessons that will get you started playing guitar and let you learn at your own pace. Instructional videos demonstrate techniques, and popular songs let you apply what you learn right away. Songs feature MIDI tracks and looped playback that let you slow the music down and work on difficult sections. Professional guitar player and instructor Kevin Garry, Ph.D. (University of Colorado-Boulder), guide you through easy-to-follow lessons that start with basics such as holding, stringing, and tuning the guitar and then go on to teach how to play your first guitar chords and strumming pattern! eMedia Starter Guitar Lessons is suitable for all ages, from kids to adults.

• 19 Guitar Lessons: Cover how to string & tune your guitar, how to play your first guitar chords and strumming pattern, as well as how to change chords easily
• Animated Fretboard: Displays fingering positions as the music plays; just double-click on any note or chord for fingering, choose right-handed, left-handed, & mirror view, and select any of three different fretboard skins
• MIDI Tracks: Highlights notes as they are played
• Looped Playback: Highlight & repeat any section of music you wish to practice

Great Practice Tools

• Automatic Tuner: For guitar
• Chord Dictionary: With fingering charts & audio playback for your first guitar chord
• Digital Metronome: For improving rhythm
• Audio Recorder: To hear your performance & share with friends

The eMedia Starter Ukulele Lessons delivers over 25 interactive ukulele lessons that will get you started playing ukulele and let you learn at your own pace. Instructional videos demonstrate techniques, and popular songs let you apply what you learn right away. In addition, songs feature band accompaniment tracks that make practice fun, while MIDI tracks and looped playback let you slow down tracks and work on difficult sections. Professional ukulele player and instructor Tim Carey (Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA) guides you through easy-to-follow lessons that start with holding, stringing, and tuning the ukulele and then go on to teach how to play your first ukulele chords and strumming pattern! eMedia Starter Ukulele Lessons is suitable for all ages, from kids to adults.

• 25 Ukulele Lessons: Cover how to string & tune your ukulele, how to play your first ukulele chords and strumming pattern, as well as how to change chords easily.
• Animated Fretboard: Displays fingering positions as the music plays; just double-click on any note or chord for fingering, choose right-handed, left-handed, & mirror view, and select any of four different fretboard skins
• Music Tracking: Highlights notes as they are played with a looping feature to let you highlight & repeat any section of music you wish to practice
• Great Options: Learn to play popular songs & play along with vocal mix or ukulele-only versions
• Immersive Learning: Jam Tracks with professionally arranged audio accompaniments so you can play along with a band

Great Practice Tools

• Automatic Tuner: For soprano ukulele
• Chord Dictionary: With fingering charts & audio playback for over 130 chords
• Digital Metronome: For improving rhythm
• Audio Recorder: To hear your performance & share with friends