PlayPro Debuts Interactive Guitar Instructional Software

July 11, 1997 -- PlayPro Software Inc. of Santa Clara CA announces the introduction of their breakthrough interactive CD-ROM guitar tutorial program. The first instrument in a series of interactive musical instrument tutorial CD-ROMs.

PlayPro Interactive Guitar allows students to connect their guitar directly to a computer's sound card without the need for any guitar modifications or having to use a specialist device. This enables a student to use a computers sound system for amplification and to activate Comp-U-Pare, PlayPro's world first technology that allows a student to record and compare their playing to original examples. Comp-U-Pare then individually interprets both the accuracy and timing and offers graded reports and helpful advice. A genuine breakthrough in musical instrument instruction technology.

PlayPro Interactive Guitar has been seven years in development and the package consists of 2 CD-ROM's, 2 Audio CD's and a 200 page book illustrating the course.

The exercises and examples cover all levels of playing from beginner to professional. The CD-ROMs are based around a virtual fretboard where the student can see and control the fingering, intervals and names of each note. All this is highlighted in real time as the student plays along with any one of over 150 exercises.

The program contains over 50 full motion high definition videos shown from a unique players "what you see is what you play" perspective.

The entire program can be completed with or without reading music or TAB and features the PlayPro Dynamic Learning Method - the ability to think musically and play what you think.

A student can also play along with recorded "live" musicians or the MIDI Machine, which transposes, loops, changes keys, tempos and performs other MIDI functions.

Aside from breaking new ground in programming and functionality, Interactive Guitar features state of the art graphics and graphic resolution and contains a fully functional software version of the BOSS TU-12 Chromatic Guitar Tuner. The world's most popular guitar tuner.

PlayPro Software President Mr. Laurie Arthur says " with accolades coming from key people in both the music and computing areas we are very proud and excited with the initial guitar program. Some have said we are taking music tuition into the 2 l St century with our technologies, Dynamic Learning Method and graphics standards."

PlayPro Software Inc.
PO Box 5416
Santa Clara, CA 95056

Telephone: 408 969 0800
Facsimile: 408 969 0200
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