Others say...

"Its just OK... Please shop around for something else!!!!!"
Im going to rate this product a 2 because I like it but I would change a few things if I could. It does show you a lot of chords and how to play properly and all that good stuff. The couple of things I would change is the fact that when they are teaching you a chord, you can play along with the program but its only about 15 seconds, then you have to stop and click play again. I wish there was an option where you could choose to repeat it on its own a few times so you dont have to stop every time to play it again. The other thing is something a little more important. The product has a program where you could go online to down load a lot of songs to play, its called OLGA. Well this website is having legal problems and is not online anymore. So you dont have that option of learning to play your favorite songs from the Beetles or Metalica or The Grateful Dead or anyone else, and thats what they advertise "Play hit songs". So overall, knowing all this I would have shopped around more. Especially for the price, its defenitly not worth 40-50 dollars when all you get is little 15 second examples on jingle bells and little traditional folk songs.

"A pretty good deal"
I bought this based on the Amazon reviews. I am extremely new at this but the software is pretty good. The teacher is somewhat annoying and as another reviewer said, he sings over his playing way too much. I wish there was a way to turn him WAY down and the guitar up. It touts having over 160 lessons, but that is somewhat misleading. I don't doubt it has over 160 pages, but I covered 23 "lessons" in about an hour. I do like the fact that the first few lessons he teaches you very easy versions of the chords so you don't feel hung up on doing the full chords when your fingers don't want to move to strange new positions they aren't used to. I am using this as well as Fender's DVD for acoustic with Keith Wyatt. The DVD is a little more challenging for me, but Keith Wyatt is much better than the guy from the eMedia software (and he doesn't feel the need to sing!!!). Overall, I would recommend this software.

"Listen to the Band!"
Great deal, great price, great product. Emedia Guitar method is by far one of the greatest computer learn to play programs out there. My order netted me a brand new, factory fresh product, securely and quickly shipped. Thanks, again!

"Get Started Playing Fast"
Well presented, easy to follow along, and easy to revisit previous lessons. Videos and illustrated fretboard really help see and hear how the song should be played. Not a lot of depth in the material but probably about the right level to maintain the attention of most students. Some of the accompanyment/singing could be better but overall does a good job presenting the music so the student can practice along. Some of the material/songs may not be to everyones liking, but again, these are okay for the beginner. The singing can be a slight destraction sometimes. I probably wouldn't recommend this to be the only source of learning guitar....and I don't think most people buying it would think it's all the will every need to become a great guitar player. I'm sure a teacher would still be very advantageous especially when it comes to pointing out bad habits that may creep into the new students technique. I'm trying to learn without a teacher as well and have found other music books very useful.
Bottom line; This is a good product and provides a good start at learning to play the guitar.

"5 stars all the way!!!!!"
I was sceptical about buying this product after reading one of the reveiws about having some trouble with Quicktime. Anyways, I had no problems with this program at all. Guitar is my favorite instrument. I've always wanted to learn how to play guitar. I even bought the cheap $10 dollar videos that basically rush through everything and left me frustrated, and playing the chords all wrong. This video is SO MUCH FUN!!!! I thought I could never play guitar after being so discouraged from learning from other videos. I figured, ok, this is a little more expensive, but at least I will learn how to play over 70 songs!!! I'm so happy that I bought this video. It is worth every penny. I'm currently on the 42nd lesson. Mind you, this video is not one of those "we move along quickly, so if you didn't get it, just rewind" videos. Oh no, this video makes you practice the chords many times so it's in your head. When you're done with this video, you'll feel so confindent. It's like having your own private instructor. Certain things I was doing wrong I no longer do. It has even cleaned up my fingering technique. I have no more words, it's a great video and you can't go wrong with Amazon's price.

Thank you!