Everything you need to take your playing beyond basic chords and melodies. New techniques are demonstrated in over 175 lessons with full-motion video, variable-speed MIDI, recorded audio and an animated fretboard. You'll learn to play solos like the ones Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix made famous, using newly acquired lead guitar skills. You'll also find rhythm and fingerstyle chapters, plus lessons on the basics of improvisation. The new scale directory provides fingerings, recordings and variable-speed MIDI for over 200 scales. Additional accessories include an automatic tuner, digital metronome, recorder and 1000-chord dictionary with audio playback.

Features Include...

50+ Songs

All Along the Watchtower- made famous by Bob Dylan
All Along the Watchtower - rock version made famous by Jimi Hendrix
Spoonful - made famous by Eric Clapton, Willie Dixon, and The Rolling Stones
Jet Airliner - The Steve Miller Band
Drive On - Johnny Cash
Time in a Bottle - Jim Croce
Fur Elise - Ludwig van Beethoven
Malaguena - Ernesto Lecuona
Touch of Grey - The Grateful Dead
I'm Your Captain/Closer to Home - Grand Funk Railroad
Too Much to Lose - made famous by Jeff Beck
Sloop John B - made famous by the Beach Boys.

Over 175 Step-by-Step Lessons

You'll learn to play solos like the ones Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix made famous, using newly acquired skills such as hammer-ons, pull-offs, bends, vibrato and slides. Barre chords and different strumming styles are covered in the rhythm chapters, and there's a fingerstyle chapter as well. Intervals, scales and the basics of improvisation are also covered in this comprehensive volume.

Full Motion Video

Professional guitar instructor Kevin Garry, Ph.D., guides you in over 30 videos with demonstrations of techniques.

Animated Fretboard

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 instructorÕs guitar.

Chord Dictionary

Includes fingering charts and recorded sounds for over 250 chords. Easy access helps you learn songs with new chords quickly. An indispensable reference tool!

Music Notation Or Tablature

Guitar Tablature:

Standard Music Notation:

Every screen can be displayed in either guitar tablature or standard music notation with an easily accessible menu option.

Automatic Tuner

Tune your guitar quickly and easily. A precision gauge allows you to play into your computer's microphone and immediately get feedback to see if you're too high or too low. Full audio reference notes are also provided.

Digital Metronome

Allows you to set your own tempo and work on your picking speed, rhythm and timing. Provides both visual cue and/or audio tick. Full range of tempi, from largo to presto.

Variable-speed MIDI

Slows down the audio to any tempo, while the Animated Fretboard shows song fingering as the music plays. Learn at the pace best suited to your skill level!

Digital Recorder

Record and play yourself back! This feature allows you to compare your recordings with the instructor's version, fine tune your skills and store musical ideas.

Audio Tracking

Highlighting of the music and lyrics as they're heard makes it easy to follow along on guitar.