Halo Sheet Music: Fiddle Tunes & Folk Songs for Beginning Guitar Book/CD (String Letter Publishing) (Acoustic Guitar) [Paperback] Review

Fiddle Tunes & Folk Songs for Beginning Guitar Book/CD [Paperback]

This is a fantastic songbook for a developing beginner interested in acoustic guitar in a bluegrass vein.It would not be a good choice for an absolute beginner, as it does not take you step-by-step through exercises that teach basic chords and flatpicking techniques.It's a songbook, not an instruction book.Also, the pieces are challenging for a beginner.For instance, the very first fiddle tune has some crosspicking (nothing too hairy, but it's not the way to try to pick out your first melody), and the folk songs involve more than just a basic boom-chick with all downstrokes.But for anyone who has completed an introductory level book such as the Acoustic Guitar Method or equivalent--or anyone who can play open chords and basic melodies comfortably--that's what makes this book so great.Many beginner-level songbooks are just too easy and get boring.This is just challenging enough to be a great place to learn some great songs while continuing to develop your skills.

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Product Description:
Add to your repertoire and reinforce your technique with this collection of traditional, easy-to-play American roots music. This book/CD pack contains 15 old-time classics arranged so that acoustic guitarists can practice single-note melodies, basic strums and basslines, and simple chords. Includes detailed notes on song origins and arrangements, complete song lyrics, standard notation, tab and chord diagrams, plus a companion CD with complete guitar parts! Songs: The Blackest Crow * Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie * Down in the Valley to Pray * Eighth of January * Golden Slippers * I Truly Understand * John Brown's Dream * Little Liza Jane * Man of Constant Sorrow * New River Train * Oh, Them Golden Slippers * Over the Waterfall * Queen of the Earth, Child of the Stars * Rain and Snow * Richmond Blues * Willow Garden.Companion songbook to The Acoustic Guitar Method!