The Beatles: A Paperback Series Songbook [Compilation] [Paperback]

The Beatles (Author)

Book Description

Series: Paperback Songs | Publication Date: June 1, 1995

The BeatlesÕ best, all in a very handy, perfectly portable paperback! Features arrangements of over 100 songs, including: All My Loving ¥ Back in the U.S.S.R. ¥ The Ballad of John and Yoko ¥ Birthday ¥ CanÕt Buy Me Love ¥ Come Together ¥ DonÕt Let Me Down ¥ Eleanor Rigby ¥ The Fool on the Hill ¥ Get Back ¥ Here Comes the Sun ¥ Hey Jude ¥ IÕll Follow the Sun ¥ If I Fell ¥ Let It Be ¥ The Long and Winding Road ¥ Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds ¥ Martha My Dear ¥ Norwegian Wood ¥ Paperback Writer ¥ Penny Lane ¥ Revolution ¥ Ticket to Ride ¥ Twist and Shout ¥ When IÕm Sixty-Four ¥ Yellow Submarine ¥ Yesterday ¥ and more.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation; 1st edition (June 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0793545358
• ISBN-13: 978-0793545353
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #489,842 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A review. Ahem., December 3, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Beatles: A Paperback Series Songbook (Paperback)

This book contains guitar chords, lyrics (which may or may not be accurate), and melody lines for a surprising range of Beatles songs, ranging from the most popular to obscure, but interesting, songs from the White Album, Sgt. Pepper, and Abbey Road. Not all of the songs are in key to the original music. The chart of basic guitar chords in the back is very helpful for beginning guitarists.

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Yet another beatles compendium, May 9, 2000

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Michael J Edelman (Huntington Woods, MI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Beatles: A Paperback Series Songbook (Paperback)

There are dozens of "complete Beatles collections" out there, and the only thing to be said in favor of this one is that it's small and cheap.

The keys are generaly wrong, the chords not what's being played, but the melodies are mostly right. It's not a terrible reference for an experienced player, but a rather misleading one for the beginner- though perhaps a good tool for learning how to figure out what key a song is actually in!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great value, July 9, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: The Beatles: A Paperback Series Songbook (Paperback)

For the money this is a really nice book of Beatles songs. The arrangements are good and accurate. I don't know about whether they are in the 'right key' or not. It is easy enough to transpose for the somewhat experienced player. I use a capo for some of them just to adjust for my vocal range (female-mezzo-soprano). I really like the simple, yet beautiful arrangement for "Rain". The lyrics are a teeny bit off. It is 'when the rain comes' not, 'if the rain comes', etc. This is not for a beginner. There are somewhat difficult bar chords and not all the chords in the arrangements are referenced in the back. Any comprehensive chord book will fix this. Or some figuring out. I have been playing for a year (compulsively) and I have a music background. I wasn't able to use most of the songs in this book when I first got it last year. The biggest beef I have with this book is the size and the fact you need to weight the pages down. But what do you want for the price? I am planning on scanning the pages and enlarging them. I'm now going to look for some others in the series. Keep practicing!