Charanga’s Guitar Coach CD-ROM has been awarded Millennium Product Status by the Design Council of Great Britain. Prime Minister Tony Blair introduced the Millennium Product Award to honour British products that demonstrated high quality design and innovation. This announcement was made by Trade and Industry Secretary Stephen Byers, who named Guitar Coach as one of the truly outstanding British products to have been developed in the run up to the new millennium.

Guitar Coach gives everyone who wants to learn to play guitar, the chance to enjoy the highest possible standard of teaching in the comfort of their own home. Guitar Coach’s unique teaching method has been designed specifically to make maximum use of the power of a PC, and it enables everyone regardless of ability, to make good progress at their own pace.

This is not the first time Guitar Coach has received praise for its excellence. Guitar Coach’s high quality and effectiveness in teaching people to play has been recognised by eminent players and teachers around the world including Charles Ramirez, Professor of Guitar at the Royal College of Music, London, ("Brilliant, absolutely brilliant") and David Smolover, President of The National Guitar Workshop of America. Reviews in all sections of the press have also been full of praise for Guitar Coach’s ability to consistently deliver results for everyone who wants to learn.

Choosing quality software as a way of learning, rather than a book or video is very much a natural step forward. In the past, Bert Weedon’s famous ‘Play in a Day’ books were the first choice for a generation of guitarists. Today, Charanga’s Guitar Coach software has set the new standard and is already becoming the first choice for a new generation.