PG Music Inc.

29 Cadillac Avenue, Victoria, BC Canada V8Z 1T3 ph: 1-800-268-6272 888-PG-MUSIC 250-475-2874 fax: 250-475-2937 Internet: www.pgmusic.com E-mail: info@pgmusic.com

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For Immediate Release. Contact Mark Lemna, Marketing Manager mlemna@pgmusic.com

Jazz Guitar MasterClass Makes Learning Jazz Guitar Easy.

Victoria, B.C. October 4, 1999 - PG Music Inc. announces the release of the Jazz Guitar MasterClass with Oliver Gannon, the newest title in its innovative series of MasterClass interactive multimedia music instruction programs. The Jazz Guitar MasterClass is a fully featured multimedia program containing interactive guitar lessons with Master jazz guitarist Oliver Gannon. The program illustrates basic skills to the beginning guitarist while enhancing the skills of more advanced guitarists. The comprehensive course of study covers 60 lessons with topics such as Chord Voicings, Inversions, Right Hand Techniques, Comping, Scales, Modes, Arpeggios, Common Progressions, Improvisation, Chord Melodies and more. Each lesson has an accompanying exercise and a tip on how to practice it. The lessons refer directly to the 10 program tunes, which feature common chord progressions in a variety of styles and tempos. There are also Reference Sheets for theory and technique, and recorded backing tracks for practice. The Jazz Guitar MasterClass integrates interactive audio lessons with on screen guitar display and notation, allowing the student to see and hear exactly what Oliver Gannon is playing. PG Music Inc.'s feature rich multimedia program includes over 5 hours of verbal instructions, with more than 60 related MIDI and Audio exercises, 60 audio exercise tips, as well as 11 practice tracks. All are linked to powerful multimedia features, the student both sees and hears note-for-note exactly what Oliver Gannon is teaching. With the Jazz Guitar MasterClass, the student can study the lessons, hear the music, practice, and play along with a top musician. As Master guitarist Oliver Gannon guides the student through each of the lessons and exercises, on-screen notation shows the music and chord progressions scrolling by in perfect time with the lesson. The versatile multimedia program offers many more benefits: * * * * * * * * * Self-paced learning. On-screen guitar fretboard to show which notes are being played. Loop feature repeats any section for in-depth study. Print all the lessons and leadsheets (chords, and notation) for reference and study. Lesson techniques are applied to the 10 program tunes; 'learning by example' at it's best. Jump to any position in the lesson. Jukebox mode for continuous play. Mark and play your favorite lessons. Play along with the lesson/exercise in real-time.

Studying the extensive guitar exercises for professional technique further develops skills. An 'exercise coach' accompanies each exercise, guiding the student with the master teacher's recorded audio tips on practicing, hand positions, tempos and more. Advanced multimedia features directly link each lesson to a suitable exercise. Loop, Pause, Advance and Backup controls make learning and practicing easy. With the Jazz Guitar MasterClass, learning jazz guitar has never been easier. About PG Music Inc. PG Music Inc. is a leading innovator of computer music software that is easy, powerful and fun. The company is best known for its award-winning Band-in-a-Box intelligent music accompaniment software, and for more than 20 other popular musical software titles. More information is available on the Internet at http:\\www.pgmusic.com.
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