Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #11774 in Books
• Published on: 2005-02-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 64 pages

Customer Reviews

just what I needed
I've been playing guitar for quite a few years and like a lot of people I'm self taught which meant learning the chord patterns and then picking up tunes by ear. What I wanted was a book which contained some simple pieces which I could use to practice reading tablature and expand my classical repertoire beyond the tunes I've worked out by ear. This book contains no instruction in playing or reading tablature. The tunes are well chosen and start at a very easy level, progressing to some pleasant intermediate pieces worth playing for pleasure as well as practice. It's invaluable to have the CD as you can check you've got your timing and expression right (especially if you are relying completely on the tab). If you are like me this book should be perfect. If you are a complete beginner you'll need a different sort of book. If you are a more advanced player who can already sight read standard notation or tab then you might find the peices too easy.

Quick review
There a fifty short pieces in this book and these are also featured on the CD.

Unless you are an absolute beginner many of the first thirty of these are too simplistic and musically uninteresting to bother with.

There are some real gems in the last twenty or so and worth buying just for these. These include Kemp's Jig and some really nice etudes by Bach and Fernando Sor.

Overall a good purchase.

Just the job
Brought this as an intermediate player and have been delighted. Great for providing a good source of level 2 to 3 material. Tab makes it quicker to learn & easy to play.