100 Most Beautiful Songs Ever | Fingerpicking Guitar Songbook with Tablature and Standard Notation | Timeless Classics Across Genres | Solo Guitar Arrangements for All Skill Levels

This is not a technique book so if you are unfamiliar with finger style technique, you'll need to find a primer somewhere else. However, once you have some technique, you need some repertoire. This book is chock full of great material. I've been learning solo finger style songs for a short while now. Much of the material I learn can be extremely easy to impossible. I would grade the arrangements in this book about intermediate. These songs are instantly recognizeable and the more intimately you know the song, the easier it is to learn. I'm at least familiar with over half the songs in this book, and the other half will provide good future study material. One issue you may encounter is there are no "suggested" fingerings. For those who don't know, suggested fingerings are little notes written into the notation that help you figure out which finger to use to navigate tricky passages. These are very helpful especially if you are like me and try to finger a chord the way you learned them in chord books, then get your fingers all twistered up trying to keep the melody going. You'll often find the chords may be played in a more unorthodox fingering in order to facilitate the moving melody lines. Tip - Keep a pencil handy and make these fingering notes for yourself.

Found a couple of Arrangements online that were part of this book so I decided to get the whole thing. I really like the song selection in this compilation. Sometimes the arrangement seems a little confusing and more difficult than it needs to be. Other than that it is just a fun book that will bring hours of good practice.

I've been self-teaching my guitar for a few years now. I initially started off with Fingerpicking songbooks from Hal Leonard. This thick volume is very similar to those books. If you are a beginner to fingerstyle guitar, this volume may be a useful practice tool. I was a big fan of these types of songbooks when I was new to guitar and especially fingerstyle solo guitar. However, now that I'm a bit more skilled, the series is not challenging enough for me. The arrangements are mostly single notes arpeggios with an occasional thumb-picked baseline here and there. Arrangements are mostly limited to the first five frets with a focus on the first three frets. The songs are recognizable but very simplistic. For a beginner, it is great to be able to play more contemporary tunes. However, as you progress these arrangements quickly grow repetitive and tiresome. If you're a beginner interested in fingerpicking guitar and don't already have some of the Hal Leonard Fingerpicking song books (i.e Fingerpicking Acoustic Rock - Guitar Solo , Fingerpicking Pop: 15 Songs Arranged for Solo Guitar in Standard Notation & Tab ), this volume has quite a selection of songs to keep you entertained for a while. I had many of the Hal Leanoard Fingerpicking books and a lot of the songs in that series are replicated in this volume. (You can check the Hal Leonard website for the complete songlist) If you've feel you moved beyond simple fingerstyle patterns and have your sights at more complicated fingerstyle arrangements like Sungha Jung, Chet Atkins or Tommy Emmanuel OR you are looking for companion fingerstyle guitar I'd probably skip this.

Outstanding selection of songs arrangements and great condition

This is a book that is full of recognizable songs. Clear tablature!

I love the song selection. There are a lot of tasteful ballads , and a lot of all time greats. Just wish there are chord diagrams, since a lot of songs incur unusual chords. I will take my time to slowly learn most of the songs. Even if I manage to play and sing to half of them, it would have been great value. the prints are large enough and clear.

Book is damaged. Content is wonderfully fun.

I've only been spankin the plank now for 3 years and I'm stretching myself every which way. For the quiet, peaceful, acoustic tunes, I love this book. I'm only on my 2nd song so far and I can say that it's challenging and truly beautiful when played right. I'm still awaiting for that part! I see 2 songs that I've been playing differently and the versions here are much more involved. I'm really going to give every tune an attempt.

Eine sehr schöne und umfangreiche Zusammenstellung einer Sammlung gut spielbarer Stücke für Anfänger und Fortgeschrittene. Klar - die Auswahl ist naheliegender weise sehr amerikanisch, für den europäischen Kulturkreis zählen viele Stücke nicht unbedingt zu den "most beautiful" (da gehörten dann sicherlich noch manche französischen Chansonklassiker dazu), aber auch so entdeckt man viele Perlen. Es ist mir teilweise so gegangen, dass ich die Stücke gar nicht vom Titel, aber durchaus vom Hören her kannte. Schöne Überraschungen. Viele Stücke kennt man aus anderen Hal Leonard-Sammlungen, trotzdem sind allzu viele Dubletten vermieden. Erfreulicherweise ist "Yesterday" von den Beatles NICHT enthalten, das taucht ja sonst bei so ziemlich jeder Sammlung dieser Art auf... Die Stücke sind weitgehend recht einfach spielbar aber gut gesetzt, vom Level her richtet sich das wohl vor allem an etwas fortgeschrittene Anfänger, aber auch Fortgeschrittene können sich wohl fühlen sein, die entsprechende Erfahrung vorausgesetzt lässt sich vieles (nicht alles) vom Blatt runter spielen, da die meisten Stücke in der 1. Lage gesetzt sind. Da wiederholen sich die Griffbilder natürlich irgendwann, zumal vieles nur zweistimmig gesetzt ist. Gelegentlich gehts aber auch in die höheren Lagen und wird es auch anspruchsvoller. Schön ist auch, dass zusätzlich zu den Tabs in den Noten (sehr sparsam - aber an den Stellen, an denen es wirklich Sinn macht) die Fingersätze notiert sind, daraus wird mancher kluge Kniff deutlicher. Die Texte und Akkordschemate sind durchgehend dabei, man kann die Sammlung also auch für einfache Liedbegleitungen nutzen. Etwas störend ist dabei, dass aufgrund der mehrfachen Notation (Text + Akkord + Noten + Tabs) natürlich viel Platz drauf geht, dadurch muss man recht oft blättern, was ja gerade für Fingerpicker etwas schwierig ist. Fazit: Schöne Sammlung, gut gesetzt, gehört in jede Standardbibliothek für Fingerpicker. Ohne Begleit-CD, braucht man auch nicht wirklich.

Woua. le niveau est très difficile. j'ai plus de vingt ans de guitare et je dois reconnaître que je me casse la tête et les doigts pour parvenir à réaliser les morceaux.

Bcp de choix, nouveau comme vieux morceaux

Ottimo prezz pe rl auqatità di spartiti presenti all'inerno del volume. Con la pecca che molte canzoni sono datate e arrangiate non in maniera ottimale essendo riportate in chiave di Do e con molte corde a vuoto che rendono difficile dare espressività alle canzoni. In ogni caso lo consiglio a chia ha una base di armonia in modo da poterli utilizzare come base per arrangiare nuovamente i pezzi.

Bought this as a gift for a family member. Great selection of songs, and the book arrived in pristine condition.