eMedia Piano and Keyboard Method, Vol. 2

eMedia Piano and Keyboard Method, Vol. 2

• Over 150 intermediate-to-advanced piano lessons designed to help you improve piano technique, understand music theory, learn how to play blues piano and get started with piano improvisation.
• The lessons were carefully crafted by Vadim Ghin, M.A., who has taught at the renowned Juilliard School of Music for students who have finished eMedia Piano and Keyboard Method.
• Learn over 50 songs with a focus on blues, classical, conventional scales, chord progressions, improvisation, and other techniques necessary for mastering the piano.
• eMedia’s Animated Keyboard shows fingerings as the music plays.
• Select any section of a song or exercise and you can loop it, speed it up, or slow it down for focused practice. Select your own pace as you play along to color accompaniment tracks.
• Instant Feedback on selected lessons shows when you play the correct notes in melodies. This works with both electronic keyboards and acoustic pianos.
• Interactive Evaluation Feedback offers detailed feedback on your playing and scores your performance on selected songs and exercises. This type of feedback requires a MIDI-connected electronic keyboard.

Step-by-Step Lessons

eMedia Intermediate Piano and Keyboard Method offers over 150 intermediate-to-advanced piano lessons by professional pianist and instructor Vadim Ghin, M.A., who has taught at the renowned Juilliard School of Music. Study classical piano pieces as well as learn blues improvisation! Split screen videos show you how the correct fingerings and hand position and provide clear and friendly instruction. Follow the fingerings shown on the eMedia' s Animated Keyboard. Loop and change the playback speed for any section of any song or exercise.

Take Your Playing to the Next Level

Learn songs and exercises from music notation as an animated keyboard guides you through fingerings. Songs and exercises are provided as both live-recorded audio and variable-speed MIDI tracks which let you slow the music down as needed. Colorful MIDI accompaniments help make practicing fun! Over 150 step-by-step piano lessons offer a comprehensive curriculum that will teach the intermediate piano player the skills needed to take their playing to the next level. Beginning with intervals and expanded hand positions, the lessons progress through building dexterity, advanced rhythms and transitions, interpretive expression marks and voicing, and, finally, to blues improvisation based on the blues and the piano in Ensemble! Interactive review and ear training quizzes help reinforce new concepts and develop your ear. You get fully scalable lesson screens and an option for full-screen

Interactive Feedback

Instant Feedback shows you when you play the correct notes as you progress through a melody. Your computer will listen as you play and highlight correctly played notes in green. This works for both acoustic pianos and electronic keyboards on selected exercises.

When using an electronic MIDI-compatible keyboard with selected exercises, you can get specific feedback on note and rhythm mistakes. 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 exercise.

Built-in Piano Tools

The Note Tracker and Finger Tracker tools show you the note you play as music notation and on eMedia’s Animated Keyboard. You’ll be able to correct your playing and learn to read music faster. A digital metronome to keep you on rhythm and a recorder to help gauge progress and share your playing with others. Enhanced multi-track audio and colorful MIDI accompaniments enhance the learning experience.