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32 of 32 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is a good resource for guitarists that have at least 1 to 2 years playing experience - preferably with fingerstyle technique. The arrangements are fairly simple and not too difficult to play. They're generally played in first position with the odd excursion further up the fretboard.
Here's the song list:
Can't Help Falling In Love
Fly Me To The Moon
Georgia On My Mind
I Could Write A Book
I Just Called To Say I Love You
I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face
In A Sentimental Mood
Just The Way You Are
Misty
Moon River
My Favourite Things
Unchained Melody
The Way We Were
What A Wonderful World
When I Fall In Love
Yesterday
You Are So Beautiful
Here's the song list:
Can't Help Falling In Love
Fly Me To The Moon
Georgia On My Mind
I Could Write A Book
I Just Called To Say I Love You
I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face
In A Sentimental Mood
Just The Way You Are
Misty
Moon River
My Favourite Things
Unchained Melody
The Way We Were
What A Wonderful World
When I Fall In Love
Yesterday
You Are So Beautiful
20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
As a guitar teacher I've used this series since they first came out about three years ago. Whilst you might not like all the songs in each book, they are mostly very playable and a great intro to playing fingerstyle. You'll need to get your fingers working a bit if you are only used to using a pick - try Alfred Publishing's Beginning FingerstyleComplete Fingerstyle Guitar Method: Beginning Fingerstyle Guitar (The Complete Fingerstyle Guitar Method: Beginning - Intermediate - Mastering) or The Art of Contemporary Travis Picking with Other (Guitar Books) or Chet Atkins' classic book Mel Bay's Complete Chet Atkins Guitar Method [With CD]. If you are a classical player you'll find these a breeze and a break from the classics.
There's a whole series of these books with different styles of music - classics, country, rock and pop, etc.. They sound great on an electric as well with a bit of chorus and reverb. Try the Fingerstyle books by Fred Sokolow as well if you get on with these. They are your next step and there's a real nice series he's written on the 30's / 40's style music of Cole Porter, Gershwin, Hoagy Carmichael, on DVDs with a PDF printable music book.
There's a whole series of these books with different styles of music - classics, country, rock and pop, etc.. They sound great on an electric as well with a bit of chorus and reverb. Try the Fingerstyle books by Fred Sokolow as well if you get on with these. They are your next step and there's a real nice series he's written on the 30's / 40's style music of Cole Porter, Gershwin, Hoagy Carmichael, on DVDs with a PDF printable music book.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I don't want to be negative about this book: it does what it says. However, I wanted to review it so that others can make an informed choice.
It's hard sometimes to know what is meant by "easy" when looking at guitar books on the internet. It seems to cover quite a wide range of competence. Also, the term "simple" can mean several things.
In this book, the arrangements are simple to the extent of being really quite empty and sparse. For example, there is little by way of alternating bass - which is a "simple" form of arrangement: root to fifth, and occasionally third, although it can be tricky for a complete novice to master when played along with a melody line. By contrast with that type of simplicity, this book offers an approach whereby in some bars there is little more than a root note plus a melody note. And the arrangements don't swing: this is a very straight approach. Furthermore, the ornamentation is almost all on the G and B string, and often open.
There is nothing wrong with that, if it's what you're after, but I think it's important for customers to know that that's what they're getting. This is very much introductory level fingerstyle.
I hope that what my review will do is direct the right people towards this book; it is not meant as a knocking review in any way.
It's hard sometimes to know what is meant by "easy" when looking at guitar books on the internet. It seems to cover quite a wide range of competence. Also, the term "simple" can mean several things.
In this book, the arrangements are simple to the extent of being really quite empty and sparse. For example, there is little by way of alternating bass - which is a "simple" form of arrangement: root to fifth, and occasionally third, although it can be tricky for a complete novice to master when played along with a melody line. By contrast with that type of simplicity, this book offers an approach whereby in some bars there is little more than a root note plus a melody note. And the arrangements don't swing: this is a very straight approach. Furthermore, the ornamentation is almost all on the G and B string, and often open.
There is nothing wrong with that, if it's what you're after, but I think it's important for customers to know that that's what they're getting. This is very much introductory level fingerstyle.
I hope that what my review will do is direct the right people towards this book; it is not meant as a knocking review in any way.
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