Best Guitar Songbooks
This great collection features all 194 songs written and sung by The Beatles, specially transcribed here for strumming guitarists, from the actual recordings, in the original keys.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"This book is beyond acurate. I am not going to repeat what everyone says about the accuracy of this book, I am rather going to comment on the binding. When I checked it out, this is what it reads: 'Professional Musician Edition - The Spine Of This Book is Spiral Bound (plastic comb) - This Allows You To Lay The Book Flat - Great For Teachers, Skilled Musicians & Students etc...-' i am so glad I saw this."
"Perfect for strumming, and a good jumping off place for working out the actual guitar parts."
"It's great!"
"I'm part of a Meetup group that gets together 1x a month to sing Beatles songs."
"I've found this an issue on Kindle Fire, Kindle PC application, and Amazon Cloud."
"What a great way to have the lyrics and chords of nearly every Beatles song at your fingertips."
"If you play guitar and hate the Beatles buy this book, because everyone else loves the Beatles and you'll still be the hit of the party when you play these songs."
"For the price you really cant beat it as a gift for a friend that loves the Beatles and plays guitar."
Songbooks feature a special section of color photos from the production, a note from composer/lyricist Stephen Schwartz, and these fantastic tunes: As Long as You're Mine * Dancing Through Life * Defying Gravity * For Good * I Couldn't Be Happier * I'm Not That Girl * No Good Deed * No One Mourns the Wicked * One Short Day * Popular * What Is This Feeling?
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Bought for my daughter and she loves it."
"Her piano teacher was one of the local musicians hired to play both times it came to town so she has a connection to the music in this book."
"I use it as a teaching tool in my voice studio as it is a great favorite ... and deservedly so ... with young performers."
"Luckily, my mom is a fantastic pianist and will play these songs for me so that I can sing them. As a singer, I love the way they are arranged, even the duet songs (For Good, As Long As You're Mine) as I can sing them by myself if I want."
"Perfect!"
"This is a fantastic musical and the music in this edition is wonderful."
"I'm loving this book!"
"This song book is gorgeous."
Sixty-seven of the best songs of the rock era, all chosen from Rolling Stone(R) magazine's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time."
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Find Best Price at Amazon"My son's favorite Christmas gift!"
"Awesome!"
"Was just what we wanted."
"Who doesn't love the Rolling Stones?"
"I prefer to say that they are classics not the greatest songs."
"Cant wait to learn all of these great songs!"
"My teenage son is teaching himself guitar and he really enjoys this book."
Best Piano, Vocal & Guitar Songbooks
Songbooks feature a special section of color photos from the production, a note from composer/lyricist Stephen Schwartz, and these fantastic tunes: As Long as You're Mine * Dancing Through Life * Defying Gravity * For Good * I Couldn't Be Happier * I'm Not That Girl * No Good Deed * No One Mourns the Wicked * One Short Day * Popular * What Is This Feeling?
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Bought for my daughter and she loves it."
"Her piano teacher was one of the local musicians hired to play both times it came to town so she has a connection to the music in this book."
"I use it as a teaching tool in my voice studio as it is a great favorite ... and deservedly so ... with young performers."
"Luckily, my mom is a fantastic pianist and will play these songs for me so that I can sing them. As a singer, I love the way they are arranged, even the duet songs (For Good, As Long As You're Mine) as I can sing them by myself if I want."
"Perfect!"
"This is a fantastic musical and the music in this edition is wonderful."
"I'm loving this book!"
"This song book is gorgeous."
Best Guitars
This great collection features all 194 songs written and sung by The Beatles, specially transcribed here for strumming guitarists, from the actual recordings, in the original keys.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"This book is beyond acurate. I am not going to repeat what everyone says about the accuracy of this book, I am rather going to comment on the binding. When I checked it out, this is what it reads: 'Professional Musician Edition - The Spine Of This Book is Spiral Bound (plastic comb) - This Allows You To Lay The Book Flat - Great For Teachers, Skilled Musicians & Students etc...-' i am so glad I saw this."
"Perfect for strumming, and a good jumping off place for working out the actual guitar parts."
"It's great!"
"I'm part of a Meetup group that gets together 1x a month to sing Beatles songs."
"I've found this an issue on Kindle Fire, Kindle PC application, and Amazon Cloud."
"What a great way to have the lyrics and chords of nearly every Beatles song at your fingertips."
"For the price you really cant beat it as a gift for a friend that loves the Beatles and plays guitar."
"He already knew all the songs...just needed a chord guide."
Best Vocal
Our collection features 17 selections in piano/vocal format from the music penned by Lin-Manuel Miranda, including: Alexander Hamilton * Burn * Dear Theodosia * Hurricane * It's Quiet Uptown * My Shot * One Last Time * Satisfied * That Would Be Enough * Washington on Your Side * You'll Be Back * and more.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"The songs included are: Alexander Hamilton. My Shot. The Schuyler Sisters. You'll Be Back. Helpless. Satisfied. Wait For It. That Would Be Enough. History Has Its Eyes On You. Dear Theodosia. What'd I Miss. The Room Where It Happens. Washington On Your Side. One Last Time. Hurricane. Burn. It's Quiet Uptown."
"I can't play piano parts from my phone without hunching over and squinting, and I can't play them from a larger screen like a tablet because they're much too blurry. But unless I'm missing something important in how to use Kindle editions of books, DO NOT buy the Kindle version."
"My only complaint is that this collection is missing some really great songs, a few of which are eminently playable as stand-alone pieces."
"Was a Christmas gift for someone who plays piano and has seen Hamilton 3 times already."
"Got this for my wife, who is a huge fan."
"Great book."
"This was purchased as a birthday gift for my grown daughter and she loves it."
"My daughter is obsessed with Hamilton and already had the songs memorized but she LOVES this book."
Best Bass Guitar Songbooks
You can even work your way through the book without being able to read music (reading music is of course a vital skill, yet, the author believes it should not be tackled at the same time as the study of music theory, as they are different skills with a different practicing requirement. This book and the 89 free videos stand on their own and form a thorough source for studying music theory for the bass player. If you'd like to take it a step further, the author also offers a corresponding 20 week course; this online course works with the materials in this book and practices music theory application in grooves, fills and solos. your precious time, this book will be an essential asset to your creative journey. microcosm of basic building blocks to the macrocosm of advanced. unavoidable facts of music with an elegant psychological approach to the art of. Kai Eckhardt (Garaj Mahal, Billy Cobham, John McLaughlin). Experienced bassists will learn new ways to understand how music works, and. entitled "Technique Basics" she begins by stating: " Be mindful that learning. medical and musical viewpoint, it is a marvelous rarity when a master musician. Clinical Professor of Surgery, UCSF School of Medicine. Co-founder, UCSF Health Program for Performing ArtistsCertified Biofeedback Practitioner.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Want to learn how to create super cool bass solos?"
"A lot of information."
"It is great having one tailored to is bass players."
"I have been looking for the perfect book on bass music theory... and I found it!"
"Great book makes hard (for me) concepts easier to understand."
"The Book is great."
"After years and years of confusion , learning bits an pieces I found this book, finally it all makes sense."
"After just going through the first few lessons, I've garnered a better understanding of theory and fretboard layout than I did when I was playing in cover bands as a kid."
Best Banjo Songbooks
It includes everything you need to know to start playing banjo, including: a history of the 5-string banjo, getting acquainted with the banjo, Scruggs tuners, how to read music, chords, how to read tablature, right-hand rolls and left-hand techniques, banjo tunings, exercises in picking, over 40 songs, how to build a banjo, autobiographical notes, and much more!
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"There are many good reasons this book has been around for decades."
"I did move pretty quickly through the book, but there are plenty of more advanced licks and tons of songs that will keep me using it for quite a while. It's good to just read and get some background on Scruggs and the workings of the banjo. I just wish there were a bit more about weaving melody lines into the chord playing for backup."
"Have made more progress with this book and CD as a beginner than any other method."
"Great product and service."
"The book is great, just as I had seen before but there was no CD."
"Spend a year learning the right hand techniques."
"How can you pass up on the book by guy who created the style?"
Best Ukulele Songbooks
(Ukulele). Founded in 1947, Hal Leonard Corporation has become the worlds largest print music publisher, representing some of the greatest songwriters and artists of all time.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Some very easy with two cords and others with varying degrees of difficulty."
"Great song book for those looking for repertoire catered to an audience in their 60s-90s or under 10."
"There are a lot of good songs in this book: Popular (Beatles, Everly Brothers, Joni Mitchell...), Christmas Carols, Children's Songs, Patriotic, Show Tunes, Folk, Hawaiian...etc...This would be a great book for school teachers to have on hand."
"This is a great book for the beginner ukulele player like me."
"Great collection of songs including a section for kids music and holiday tunes."
"Great selection of a broad range of music."
"My wife loved the book."
"Not that good on the kindle -- music too small to read, even in the largest font."
Best Electric Bass & Guitar Songbooks
The book features lavish full-color photos of these beautiful instruments throughout; the guitars of famous players; a foreword by Ted McCarty; a bio of the author, world renowned collector Yasuhiko Iwanade; and the "Science of the Burst" section with over 30 pages of detailed reference facts on every facet of the guitar, including colors, wood figure, pick-ups, hardware and qualities of "voice."
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Very high quality photography of a wide assortment of the most iconic, collectible electric guitar on earth."
"I’m so happy I’ve added this book to my collection."
"This book captures the uniqueness that is the 59 Burst, explains them in great, but not overwhelming detail. I know that my friends (who aren't into music and guitars like I am) will pick up this book and look through it just as they would any art book on my coffee table."
"Great coffee table piece."
"This is a real coffee table book for electric guitar lovers."
"Great book but most pictures are very similar; this is basically a logging of these bursts for just the few years when they actually ended production of the first Les Paul and tried to only make the SG style in it's place, then everyone discovered the guitar so they brought it back!"
"Great pictures of a great era in Les Paul history."
Best Mandolin Songbooks
Get melody, lyrics, chords & chord diagrams for these tunes: The A Team * Against the Wind * As Time Goes By * Bad, Bad Leroy Brown * Can't Take My Eyes off of You * Crazy * Daydream Believer * Edelweiss * Fields of Gold * The Gambler * Going to California * Happy Together * Hey, Soul Sister * Ho Hey * I Shot the Sheriff * I'm Yours * Island in the Sun * King of the Road * Kokomo * Layla * Losing My Religion * Maggie May * Moondance * No Woman No Cry * Over the Rainbow * Peaceful Easy Feeling * Redemption Song * Ripple * Santeria * Shenandoah * The Times They Are A-Changin' * Toes * Unchained Melody * We Shall Overcome * Wildwood Flower * Wonderwall * You Are My Sunshine * Your Mama Don't Dance * and many more. Founded in 1947, Hal Leonard Corporation has become the worlds largest print music publisher, representing some of the greatest songwriters and artists of all time.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"One of the best investment I have made."
"You look at the titles and think "I haven't heard this in a while but it's a great song and fun to play" ."
"Personally, I was excited to see artists such as Pink Floyd, Queen, Green Day and Janis Joplin included in the mix :). This book is as advertised on the cover."
"Helps you build muscle memory for the different chords."
"It is really a nice book."