Beginner's Piano/Keyboard Course, Vol. 1

This multimedia CD-ROM series from eMedia Music, the leading publisher of music instruction software, offers an exciting way to quickly learn to play piano or keyboard. Piano teacher Irma Irene Justicia, M.A., who has taught at the renowned Juilliard School of Music, guides with video demonstrations of techniques. Songs and exercises can be heard as either live recorded audio or variable-speed MIDI tracks. As the music plays, an animated keyboard guides the student through fingerings. When used with a MIDI keyboard, interactive feedback points out specific playing mistakes. Each volume includes a metronome, recorder and entertaining accompaniment tracks to play along with. The multimedia lessons and built-in accessories offer tremendous value and make learning fun and easy! Volume 1 - Learning Rhythm & Notes with Songs on Black & White Keys: Over 80 easy-to-follow lessons start off with rhythm and notes, then gradually move on to tempo, dynamics and sight-reading for songs on the black and white keys.