JIMI HENDRIX

Jimi Hendrix Interactive CD ROM

Purple Haze
Hear My Train A Comin'
Manic Depression
The Wind Cries Mary
Dolly Dagger
Voodoo Child (Slight Return)

iSong is the only teaching tool that actually syncs to the original recordings of legendary musicians and today's top stars!

All in one wholly interactive environment. No matter what your skill level, or whether or not you read music, iSong is a great way for you to learn songs you've always wanted to play! Each iSong CD-ROM features six innovative teaching tools in a state-of-the-art interactive environment:

Animated score and TAB

Synced instructor video

Arrangements ranging in difficulty from easy to note for note

Virtual 'live' fretboard

Tempo control

Looping with exact cueing

Score and TAB

iSong's animating scores are transcribed from the original artist's recording by professional musicians. Even if you don't read music, you can follow the score and get a lot of information about the song; while you do it, you hear the master recording of the song.

ilevels

iSong's patented iLevels let you pick an arrangement that suits your skill and performance ability, all the while keeping you synced to the original artist's recording. The highest level is the note-accurate transcription of the song as performed by the artist. The lower levels are simplified arrangements that still preserve the basic song structure and the essential patterns that make up the song. iLevels also contain transcriptions of other instrument parts.

Artist Recording

Listen to the original track as you learn to play. Or toggle between the artist's original recording and MIDI performances.

Tempo Control

Play at your own speed. The score, virtual instrument, and performance video will move at your pace. To slow down the tempo, select MIDI ON and then adjust the tempo to a comfortable speed. To return to the artist's recording, toggle MIDI ON back to ARTIST ON.

Virtual Fretboard/Keyboard

Shows note position, note name, finger numbers, and trails (patterns). To see finger numbers, select SHOW FINGERING under the Enable Tab in the Setup Window.

Guitar Songs Red dots indicate when a string is hit; blue dots indicate finger positions on the fretboard; blue circles show open strings. Click on any string on the virtual fretboard to hear the note at that position and see its name.

Keyboard Songs
Green notes indicate the melody; red notes indicate notes to be played with the right hand; blue notes indicate notes to be played with the left hand. Click on any key to hear the note and see its name.

Control Panel

From left to right, the buttons on the control panel are Stop, Pause, Play, Loop, Setup, Audio/Video Preferences, and Change View (Instrument Orientation), Page Forward/Back.

Setup Button: Controls animation settings, audio and MIDI, rhythm, page advance, and trails (patterns).

Change View Button:

Guitar songs: With the Change View button selected, the guitar fretboard reflects the Performance Video; with it deselected, you see the fretboard as described in the TAB staff.

Piano songs: On piano songs, selecting the Change View button displays the 60-note keyboard with note names and Middle C indicated in gray.

Looping Function (the circular arrow located in the Control Panel): Allows you to repeatedly play passages you have selected. When you select your passage, red tabs will appear to indicate the beginning and end points of playback. Then press the Loop button. Up

Video Instruction

The performance video syncs to the master recordings and the animated score and shows one of our professional musicians performing the song. The video box is free-floating with a grow button that lets you enlarge it so you can really see detail in the fingering. And you can slow the video down, too.Up

The Main button returns you to the Contents Page for more songs.

The Tune button on guitar songs allows you to click on any string, just behind the nut, to hear and see the note.

At the top of each Player Screen a Help Menu explains features, functions, commands, and shortcuts. Up