Piano For Dummies

Piano For
Piano For Dummies
by eMedia
Platform:    Windows Vista / 7 / Me / XP, Mac OS X
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The eMedia Piano For Dummies CD-ROM is a fun and easy way to learn piano or keyboard from the comfort of your home. Learn to play at your own pace from easy-to-follow interactive lessons with full-motion videos. Enjoy playing along with live-recorded songs or have fun playing with accompaniments that you can slow down or speed up.

Interactive Educational Software

  • Over 150 step-by-step video-enhanced lessons.
  • Over 50 songs with recorded audio and variable-speed MIDI tracks.
  • Interactive feedback on playing mistakes (with MIDI keyboard).
  • Animated keyboard displays fingerings as the music plays.
Your instructor is professional pianist and teacher Irma Irene Justicia, M.A., who has taught at the renowned Juilliard School of Music. The excellent teaching you receive in the over 150 lessons is an exceptional value. When using eMedia Piano For Dummies with a MIDI keyboard it will tell you when you make mistakes, including an overall score for the song and even shows you what you should have played!

Discover How To:

  • Master the basics of piano.
  • Read music notation.
  • Play melodies.
  • Create harmonies.
  • Play hit songs!
Learn songs and exercises from both the music notation and the 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 50 popular songs including Billy Joel's Piano Man!

Over 50 Songs!
"Piano Man"--Billy Joel
"Give My Regards to Broadway"--George M. Cohan
"Minuet in G"--J.S. Bach
"When the Saints Go Marching In"--Spiritual
... and many more!

Interactive review and ear-training screens help reinforce new concepts and develop your ear. Other accessories include a built-in digital metronome and a recorder. Piano For Dummies includes large easy-to-read screens, enhanced audio and video, and progress tracking.

Everything You Need to Get Started!

  • Metronome
  • Recorder
  • Reviews and ear training
  • Accompaniments
  • Live-recorded songs





The eMedia Piano For Dummies CD-ROM offers everything you need to learn how to play. Learn from over 160 step-by-step lessons with full-motion video demonstrations. Piano teacher Irma Justicia has taught at the renowned Juilliard School of Music. Learn from either the music notation or an animated keyboard. Songs include recorded audio, variable-speed MIDI and MIDI accompaniments. When used with a MIDI keyboard, you can get specific feedback on playing mistakes. Also includes a digital metronome and recorder.