eMedia Masters of Blues Guitar Lessons (Download)
Masters of Blues Guitar teaches you how to play blues guitar with 10 original artist recordings of classic blues hits, including “Crossfire” by Stevie Ray Vaughan and “The Thrill is Gone” by B.B. King. These blues standards serve as real world, blues guitar lessons that help you learn blues guitar across multiple styles – from modern blues/rock all the way to blues fingerpicking techniques with their roots in Delta blues guitar. You get original artist audio recordings plus MIDI versions that isolate the guitar part you are learning to allow you to slow it down or speed it up. Note-for-note blues guitar TABs with notation versions allow you to learn blues guitar with complete, accurate transcriptions. Simplified chord-based versions are included to help even beginning students learn blues guitar.
eMedia technologies such as the Animated Fretboard, make it easier to learn blues guitar techniques like string bending, double-stops, and slide guitar positions. Instant Feedback technology even allows you to select notes in the music, play the part on your guitar, and immediately see whether you played the notes correctly. Masters of Blues Guitar is a great tool to help you learn how to play blues guitar. Imagine getting blues guitar lessons from some of the world’s best blues guitarists plus you learn how to play blues guitar standards that make you a confident blues guitarist who can play with a band!
Features include:
Ten Amazing, Original Artist Recordings
- “Statesboro Blues” performed by The Allman Brothers Band
- “Smoking Gun” performed by Robert Cray
- “Early In The Morning” performed by Buddy Guy with Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton
- “The Thrill Is Gone” performed by B. B. King
- “Hide Away” performed by Freddie King
- “Boogie Chillen” performed by John Lee Hooker
- “Cherry Red Wine” performed by Jonny Lang
- “Crossfire” performed by Stevie Ray Vaughan
- “Hoochie Coochie Man” performed by Muddy Waters
- “Back Door Man” performed by Howlin’ Wolf
Interactive Feedback on Your Playing
Interactive Feedback shows you when you play the correct notes on your guitar as you progress through a song. With a microphone connected to your computer and a guitar in your hands (or a patch cord connecting your guitar and computer), play the notes in the song on any screen featuring the “ear” icon in the upper right corner and the computer will highlight the notes for you in green. You’ll discover that reading tablature and music notation is easier than you ever thought possible!
Performance Evaluation
Listens through your computer’s microphone (or guitar’s patch cord) as you play along with the recording and highlights correctly played notes in melodic lines and solos. The notes are highlighted in green, yellow, or red depending on whether the correct note, a nearby note or a far off note was recognized. Also gives you an overall score.
Learn to Play Masterful Blues Guitar Solos
eMedia Masters of Blues Guitar can be enjoyed by guitar players of all skill levels. Learn how to play classic blues songs from the masters themselves! Simplified chord versions of the songs are ideal for beginners, while experienced players can learn note-for-note from the full transcriptions of both lead and rhythm parts. eMedia’s Animated Fretboard shows you the fingerings in real-time, so you don’t need to read music. Original recordings and variable-speed MIDI tracks let you learn at the tempo you choose. Looping lets you select and repeat tricky sections of a song.
Two Levels of Notation
Learn to play the song “note-for-note” or choose the simplified “chord-only” version for beginners! Additional MIDI tracks for each version allow you to adjust song tempo to your skill level. Looping feature allows you to highlight and play only a selected portion of the song.
Animated Fretboard
The Animated Fretboard displays fingering positions for you as the music plays. It allows you to see exactly how to play the song on a simulated guitar fretboard as you listen to the music and the music tracking highlights the notes being played on the screen.
Since you can highlight and loop any section of the music (or even double-click on a single note in the music), you can use the Animated Fretboard to make difficult sections or quick changes easier to manage and learn. Watch the fretboard come alive with real-time display of notes, including bends, vibrato, and slides! Includes both right- and left-handed views from both the perspective of looking down at your guitar and across at an instructor’s guitar. The Animated Fretboard makes it simple to follow and play along!
Playing Tips
Instructional material presents the chords and tips needed to master the song and also helps you emulate the tone and technique of the blues guitar greats.
Artists' Biographies and Photos
Gain insights into the lives of the legends.
Guitar Tuner
Tune your guitar quickly and easily. A precision gauge allows you to play into your computer’s microphone (or through your guitar’s patch cord) and tune up interactively. Reference tuning notes are included. Includes custom tunings for specific songs when needed.
Metronome
Set your tempo and practice keeping a steady beat with audio and visual indicators.
Audio Recorder
Save your recordings and play back to share and compare.
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