eMedia Music Corp. and For Dummies to Release Six Music Instruction CD-ROMs

eMedia Music Corp. in partnership with For Dummies, a branded imprint of Wiley, will release six new titles in the eMedia For Dummies line of music instruction CD-ROMs.

Rock Guitar For Dummies CD-ROM, Bass Guitar For Dummies CD-ROM, Guitar For Dummies Level 2 CD-ROM, Piano For Dummies Level 2 CD-ROM, Guitar For Dummies Deluxe and Piano For Dummies Deluxe will be in October 2010.

All of these new titles feature eMedia's new interactive Instant  Feedback technology, which listens through your computer's microphone as you play and highlights correctly played melodies,  making learning to read music easy and fun! Rock Guitar For  Dummies makes learning enjoyable and fast with over 80 audio and  video-enhanced guitar lessons. The innovative teaching style  presents rock songs, chords, riffs and gear tips in an exciting,  fast-paced learning format that requires no previous music  experience. Bass Guitar For Dummies contains over 70  easy-to-follow lessons that range from basics like tuning the bass  and simple bass lines to using triads, fills and syncopation. Both  titles include full-motion video and recorded audio, an automatic  tuner and an Animated Fretboard, which guides you through songs  and fingerings. Guitar For Dummies Level 2 is the follow up to the  best-selling Guitar For Dummies CD-ROM and features over 90 new  lessons covering reading tablature and standard notation, playing  melodies, fingerpicking and more. Piano For Dummies Level 2 is the  follow up to the best-selling Piano For Dummies CD-ROM and  includes over 150 new lessons covering triads and chords, The G  Chord Position, The F Position and Hanon Studies, playing scales,  a short trip through music history and more. Guitar For Dummies  Deluxe is a 2 CD-ROM set including Guitar For Dummies and Guitar  For Dummies Level 2. Piano For Dummies Deluxe is a 2 CD-ROM set  including Piano For Dummies and Piano For Dummies Level 2.

Rock Guitar For Dummies, Bass For Dummies, Guitar For Dummies Level 2 and Piano For Dummies Level 2 will be released in October 2010 and will be available at retail stores nationwide and online at an estimated retail price of $29.95. Guitar For Dummies Deluxe and Piano For Dummies Deluxe will also be released in October and have an estimated retail price of $59.95.

The CD-ROMs will be a hybrid for both Windows and Macintosh platforms.