Acoustic Guitar Songs for Dummies (For Dummies)

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Type: Book
Studio: Hal Leonard Corporation
This songbook will have even beginning guitarists playing 34 of the best acoustic rock songs ever with the help of performance notes and guitar tab arrangements. Songs include: About a Girl * Angie * Blackbird * Crazy Little Thing Called Love * Drive * Dust in the Wind * Free Fallin' * Iris * Landslide * Layla * Leaving on a Jet Plane * Maggie May * Tears in Heaven * 3 AM * You've Got a Friend * and more.

Don't be lured by this title - not for the faint of heart
Don't be lured by this title - this book is not for the faint of heart. I picked up this book because I'm a beginner acoustic guitar player. This is not a fake book or a "beginner's" guitar book. The songs are very well transcribed and no detail is left out. One major gripe is the chord chart at the end is very basic and doesn't include half of the chords used throughout this somewhat advanced guitar book. Good book for an intermediate player but not for a beginner.....which the "Dummies" title often suggests.

This is a great TAB book
I love this book. It contains many popular acoustic songs in tab, so you can play the songs as accurately as possible. It is hard to find this many songs in tab in one resource. I plan to buy more of these books as they become available.

The two reviewers who gave this book 2 stars are morons. One reviewer complained about the lack of chord diagrams. Books with chord diagrams are rarely correct and besides, don't you want to learn the instrument? The other reviewer complained about 'offensive' lyrics. Most music is not written with children in mind.

Spot on transcription!
After years of wanting, I finally purchased an acoustic guitar. Naturally I wanted a quality book to start playing. I chose this book for its full transcription of the songs. I play piano and have experienced the full song transcription versus the "easy piano" sheet music. This book doesn't simply include just the chords or just the voice, it's the full guitar track in both notes and tab. The book does show the chords unlike the other review says (2nd to last page). It also include notes on each song to help you understand how the artist plays it. Highly recommended!

Shocked and offended
I have not had a chance to look too much at the book yet, but the first time I opened it up I was shocked and offended. I just glanced at a page and saw profanity in the lyrics of a song. I feel that this is totally unnecessary. I have heard the song in question on the radio and no profanities were in the lyrics. I percieve this book as being for all ages and this type of language is totally uncalled for.

Great book - except...
While the book has some interesting insights as to the styles, history, and instructional hints, the biggest item this book lacks is no guitar chord diagrams. This is clearly a HUGE oversight, as this being an easy, dummy type book, should make it so for the average Joe reader. The letter name of the chord is listed, but you have to refer to another book to show you how to finger it. I'll probably return mine (or sell it).