Learn to play guitar essentials

1. Learn to Play Guitar
Essentials
Amanda Azan
Intro to Technology in Music
MUS2360-01
December 4, 2007

2. What does this program do?
 Learn to Play Guitar Essentials is ideal for
beginning guitar players. Whether you are
an aspiring musician wanting classical
guitar training or an ambitious rock-and-
roller looking for more traditional
instruction, this program will help you to
achieve your goals in an effective, easy,
and fun way.

3. What else does it do?
 Every chord is featured both visually and
audibly so that you can learn quickly and
check your progress along the way.
 There is also a built in tuner to make sure
your notes are right each and every time.

4. How is it affective in Music
Therapy?
 As a Music Therapy Major, learning to play the
acoustic guitar is an essential requirement. In
the addition of practicing your principal
instrument at a university, students must treat
the guitar as their other principal instrument.
 Sometimes, students need extra help with
forming chords, learning to tune, and gaining
confidence on the guitar.
 This program is a quick and easy way for
students to increase their abilities on guitar.

5. Music Therapy…continued 
 In addition, many songs that we play have
difficult fingering patterns. By learning
alternate fingerings for chords, it can
make learning and memorizing songs
much easier for a Music Therapist.

6. How to Get Started?
 First, insert the CD-ROM and install the
program.
 Once the program is installed, click on the
desktop item named “ISB Guitar Tutor
One”. It should be a yellow icon.
 Click on the screen that says
INTERACTIVE SONGBOOK to start the
program and begin learning guitar! 

7. ISB Guitar Chord Tutor One

8. What should I click???
 Once you’re on the main screen, you have
the option of doing many things.
 Yellow Button (tools) = Control Panel
 Red Button (X) = Exit the Program
 Purple Button (?) = Help!
 Quick Guitar Guide
 Start learning chords…pick a key!

9. Learning Chords
 Once you click on a
key, a screen like this
one will show up.
 By clicking on an
option at the bottom
(ex. D(1)) you will
hear the chord, see
how to play it, and be
provided a fingering
chart.

10. Learning Chords continued…
 On the bottom left hand
side there are three gray
buttons. The first one will
repeat the sound of the
chord, the second will
arpeggiate the chord, and
the third will provide a tuner.
 At the top, there is a up and
down arrow, which will allow
you to decide which chords
you want to learn in that
key. (Ex. All A chords in the
Key of D Major)

11. More on Learning Chords
 If you want to hear what each string
should sound like once your fingers are
set on the fretboard, you can click on each
string individually and it will sound.
 If it has an “X”, then you won’t hear
anything.
 If it has an “O”, then you will hear the open
string.

12. Need Help?
Go to Quick Guitar Guide!

14. What else is there?
 When you want try out a different key, just
click the yellow checkmark, and it will take
you back to the homepage.

15. Questions???