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Piano and Keyboard Method V2.0 | 
 enlarge | From: eMedia
Category: Software
List Price: $59.95
Buy New: $49.00
You Save: $10.95 (18%)
New (4) Used (3) from $39.00
Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 429
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Nt, Macintosh, Windows Me, Windows 98, Windows Vista, Windows Xp
Media: CD-ROM
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Windows NT
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 0
MPN: EK08073
Model: EK08071
UPC: 746290080710
EAN: 0746290080741
ASIN: B000VSDNMI
Release Date: October 31, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: New, still in sealed box!!
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| Features:
| • | Over 300 step-by-step lessons starting from the basics; such as hand position, rhythm, and playing on black keys; followed by music notation, sight reading, scales, and much more | | • | Get specific feedback on note and rhythm mistakes to help you get it right the next time; personalized reports show your rate of progress, including scores for specific songs | | • | Over 70 high-resolution, large-format videos and a built-in recorder to help you hear your progress | | • | Songs and exercises are enhanced by live recorded audio, variable-speed MIDI keyboard tracks, and colorful MIDI accompaniments | | • | Animated Keyboard displays correct fingerings as the music plays or for any note or chord that you double-click |
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Product Description
eMedia Piano and Keyboard Method CD-ROM offers over 300 step-by-step lessons starting from the basics such as hand position, rhythm, and playing on black keys, followed by music notation, sight reading, scales, and more. Professional piano instructor Irma Irene Justicia, M.A., who has taught at the renowned Juilliard School of Music, guides you with over 70 videos with demonstrations of techniques with enhanced quality. Many of the videos include split-screen displays with close-ups for a clearer perspective. The Piano fingerings help teach you the correct fingering for each note. Personalized reports show your rate of progress, including scores for specific songs. High-quality, multi-track recorded audio is included for every song and exercise. Audio playback options include piano only, voice only, and full audio including both piano and voice. Slows down the audio to any tempo, while the Animated Keyboard shows song fingering as the music plays. You can play along and learn at the pace best suited to your skill level. MIDI playback options let you select left or right hand only, or a tick metronome track to play along with. Colorful variable-speed MIDI accompaniments are also available and can be fun to play along with. When using an electronic MIDI-compatible keyboard, you can get specific feedback on note and rhythm mistakes made while playing to help you get it right the next time. Clicking on an individual feedback balloon brings up a keyboard showing you exactly what mistake was made and what should have been played. Also, an overall percentage score summarizes how well you did on the song. With the click of a button, you can get suggestions as to which Voice to use on your MIDI keyboard to get the best sound for the song. Interactive review and ear training screens help reinforce new concepts and develop your ear. This feature allows you to compare your recordings with the instructor's version, fine tune you
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This latest version of eMedia Piano & Keyboard Method offers everything you need to learn how to play and more! Over 300 step-by-step 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! Piano teacher Irma Irene Justicia, M.A., who has taught at the renowned Juilliard School of Music, guides you through over 70 large-format video demonstrations of techniques.  Over 300 step-by-step 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. Click to enlarge. | Learn songs and exercises from either the music notation or an animated keyboard that displays fingerings in time with the music. Songs and exercises are enhanced by live recorded audio, variable-speed MIDI keyboard tracks, and colorful MIDI accompaniments. 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 screens help reinforce new concepts and develop your ear. When used with an electronic MIDI keyboard, you get specific feedback on playing mistakes, including wrong notes and rhythms. Other accessories include a built-in digital metronome and a recorder. This new version includes larger easy-to-read screens, enhanced audio & video, progress tracking, and an updated curriculum. eMedia Piano & Keyboard Method is the ultimate way to learn how to play piano or keyboard!  Animated keyboard displays color-coded fingerings as the music plays. |  Over 70 large-format videos. |  Features live multi-track recordings and MIDI tracks that allow you to slow down or speed up the music. |  Includes tools like a digital metronome and recorder. | Features over 100 songs including:
- "Piano Man"--Billy Joel
- "Candle in the Wind"--Elton John
- "Ode to Joy"--Ludwig van Beethoven
- "America the Beautiful"--Samuel Ward
- "La Bamba"--made famous by Los Lobos
- "Minuet in G"--J.S. Bach
- "Tishomingo Blues"--Spencer Williams
- "The Entertainer"--Scott Joplin
- "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"--Bob Dylan
Makes Learning Easy as 1,2,3
- Watch the video for a demonstration of the technique.
- Practice the technique slowly with warm-up exercises.
- Play along with the songs as the animated keyboard guides you through fingerings.
Built-in Tools Include: Digital Metronome
Set your own speed and keep a steady beat with audio or visual feedback. Digital Recorder
Save your recordings and play them back to share and compare. Audio Tracks
Features live multi-track recordings and MIDI tracks that allow you to slow down or speed up the music. New--Progress Tracking
Personalized reports show your rate of progress, including scores for specific songs. Requires a MIDI Keyboard. Animated Keyboard
Displays color-coded fingerings as the music plays. Double-click on any note or chord for fingering.
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| Customer Reviews:
 An excellent teaching tool December 5, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have recommended this software to beginning keyboard players and have found it to be very helpful for them. I wish I had this available when I learned piano many years ago! For those already taking lessons, it makes an excellent supplementary tool. Visual and corrective feedback make learning much easier and the videos are well done.
 This is not a teaching machine December 3, 2008
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
Potentially, a computer could really help a person learn piano. However, most of this product's features fall short of helpful. The midi preview of each exercise and tune is useful for anyone who cannot read music at all, but nothing you could not get with an audio CD. The animated keyboard is just a distraction. The course includes occasional video clips, but they add little. At least one potentially useful feature, the musical accompaniment, is actually broken, at least on Macintosh. If you turn on the accompaniment, you won't be able to hear your own playing. There is a volume adjustment control for it, but it does nothing. The company is aware of the problem, but they still advertise this feature, and keep shipping the product.
The program runs in a cramped little window. A menu command lets you make it full screen, but it just lowers the resolution of your monitor, making the contents of the window larger, but blurry.
I would recommend a book and audio CD (like the Alfred's All-In-One, level 1 piano method) over eMedia's Piano software.
 Computer doesn't help in this case November 24, 2008
2 out of 14 found this review helpful
The easiest way to learn how to read music is to do it the hard way, which is to trudge through it on your own for extended periods of time, trying different songs, until you get the hang of how to read and play music. This process can take a very long time. It cannot be sped up with the use of this program. Don't give money to these people. They may have good intentions, but it doesn't change the fact that learning music is hard. Buy sheet music and get to work.
 piano and keyboard method v2 February 22, 2008
5 out of 11 found this review helpful
this makes it easy enough for a young person to do the work, but it takes an adult to supply the structure and to explain some more intricate issues.
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