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The Online Guitar Store - The Complete Guitar Player Songbook Omnibus Edition (Complete Guitar Player)
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List Price: $24.95
Our Price: $16.47
Your Save: $ 8.48 ( 34% )
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Manufacturer: Amsco Publications
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 787
EAN: 9780825625367
ISBN: 082562536X
Label: Amsco Publications
Manufacturer: Amsco Publications
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 132
Publication Date: 1989-12-31
Publisher: Amsco Publications
Release Date: 1989-12-31
Studio: Amsco Publications
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This compilation of all four of The Complete Guitar Player Songbooks contains over 180 songs written by such great songwriters as Lennon and McCartney, Paul Simon, John Denver, Bob Dylan, and many more. In standard notation, with chord boxes and full lyrics.
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Summary: A Very Mixed Bag
Comment: The good thing about this book--and about this songbook series in general-- is that it includes many popular songs that are good for a guitar player to learn, both to learn basic chord technique and build repertoire. The bad thing is that they are rife with errors, including unconventional and sometimes frankly incorrect music notation, some incorrect chord changes, and even some wrongly transcribed melodies (and it includes far too many of Shipton's own compostions, which are of minimal value). If you can find another songbook or songbooks that include most of the songs you want to learn, it is probably a more faithful and useful reproduction than this book. However, it does give good practice in basic chord changes, and has a good amount of good (and bad) songs, mostly folk and pop from the 60s and 70s, with some traditional tunes.
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Summary: great for playing songs
Comment: With this book you can find a song you want to play and, well, play it. Lyrics, chords, and guitar tablature are all there and are complete, so that, short of hearing the song itself, there's not much else you could want. Great if you're looking for easy songs to sing&play on the guitar that everybody knows. Defenitely will help you next time you're playing guitar at the campfire! A must have.
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Summary: Great songbook for the beginner!
Comment: If you're a beginner and looking for some great songs to play while you learn, this book is probably the best investment you can make. It might single-handedly keep you going past the point when a lot of people lose interest and give up. This book is filled with classic songs of the '60's and '70's that most beginners will be able to play after learning their first chords. Be aware, however, that there are no lessons in this book - it's strictly songs with chord charts and melody lines- but it will make learning a lot more fun when you find you can play songs like "Me & Bobby McGee" and "Imagine" almost immediately. Use this as a supplement to your lessons and it will make them a lot more interesting. This book is also highly recommended for beginning songwriters who will learn a lot from these simple yet classic songs. There's also enough here that's not simple and basic, to keep you going through the intermediate stage. Obviously, this book is not recommended for those who won't appreciate the songs - i.e., metal heads or teens who think "classic rock" is Nirvana and Pearl Jam. Don't buy this for your 16 year old son, unless he happens to be into the same music you grew up with. Buy it for yourself and pick up his guitar when he's at school!
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Summary: It's the best I've seen.
Comment: I'm 46 and starting to learn to play guitar with my 11-year old daughter. It can be intimidating, given the work and frustration you have to go through up front. I was looking for a collection of music that was easy to play and fun for both of us. This book gives you a good selection of songs you'd want to be able to play, in a simplified version, with the words, melody and chords all presented in an easy format. Most of these books don't have the melody notes - so it's hard to sing along if you don't already know the song. Even if you do, having the notes helps us stay on key. It's the best I've seen. It would be perfect if it was bound like it used to be - spiral bound - so it stays open on the music stand. It would also be nice if it came with a CD with each song on it. Finally, an updated version with songs my daughter wants to play - like "Complicated" or "Some Day" would be nice. I've been able to find these in sheet music - but not as simply laid at as in this book. Russ - how do I get the new stuff?
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Summary: It's the best I've seen.
Comment: I'm 46 and starting to learn to play guitar with my 11-year old daughter. It can be intimidating, given the work and frustration you have to go through up front. I was looking for a collection of music that was easy to play and fun for both of us. This book gives you a good selection of songs you'd want to be able to play, in a simplified version, with the words, melody and chords all presented in an easy format. Most of these books don't have the melody notes - so it's hard to sing along if you don't already know the song. Even if you do, having the notes helps us stay on key. It's the best I've seen. It would be perfect if it was bound like it used to be - spiral bound - so it stays open on the music stand. It would also be nice if it came with a CD with each song on it. Finally, an updated version with songs my daughter wants to play - like "Complicated" or "Some Day" would be nice. I've been able to find these in sheet music - but not as simply laid at as in this book. Russ - how do I get the new stuff?
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