ALFRED Teach Yourself to Play Guitar for Windows and Macintosh

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Summary: REVEIW
Review: I LOVE THIS ITEM. IT'S TAUGHT ME A LOT. NOW I CAN SIT IN MY ROOM LISTENING TO RECORDINGS OF MINE.

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Summary: Poorly laid out for a beginner
Review: My wife bought me a guitar for my birthday and this book, and I find it extremely frustrating. It assumes I know music notes, and I am a beginner and do not. It said on the cover it shows you how to hold the guitar, it does not. It said on the cover it shows you how to take care of your guitar it does not. The CD will not play on my computer. Mostly I have always wanted to learn guitar and all this has taught me is how to throw a book accross a room.

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Summary: Full featured and interactive
Review: This CD-ROM is very cool. It is pretty rudimentary, but if you are learning or refreshing your knowledge of reading music, this is a painless and fun way to do it. It also has tabulature (?), or pictures and descriptions of where to play the notes if you don't want to learn musical notation. Also, you can set the tempo of the sections you play along with, as well as mute any combination of 4 tracks, such as metronome, guitar (example), accompaniment, and (?) rythm section. Graphics are clear and show where on the neck, what fret and what string to play. There's also a "tuner" which plays the notes needed to tune your guitar. Sound quality in general, and of the tuner is fine.

Rating:
Summary: Full featured and interactive
Review: This CD-ROM is very cool. It is pretty rudimentary, but if you are learning or refreshing your knowledge of reading music, this is a painless and fun way to do it. It also has tabulature (?), or pictures and descriptions of where to play the notes if you don't want to learn musical notation. Also, you can set the tempo of the sections you play along with, as well as mute any combination of 4 tracks, such as metronome, guitar (example), accompaniment, and (?) rythm section. Graphics are clear and show where on the neck, what fret and what string to play. There's also a "tuner" which plays the notes needed to tune your guitar. Sound quality in general, and of the tuner is fine.