Customer Reviews

The Big Book of Children's Songs (Big Books of Music)

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Be careful which version of this book you buy. There is an easy guitar version and a piano - vocal - guitar version and at least one other version. They are not all the same and have different ISBN's. Know what it is you really want.

Strogly recommended for the beginning guitarist, elementary school teacher, camp counselor who want to include music in a group setting. For the aspiring guitarist, the text includes diagrams of the nine strum or pick patterns that can be used with the songs. Each title in the book has a suggested pick/strum pattern. Other easy guitar books sometimes include this feature. I found these patterns to be very helpful as a self-teching method. The songs are well known popular children's songs that are familiar to everyone and can be used in any recreational/ educational seting with children. I liked the book in so far as it helpled me practice guitar skills that I am acquiring (the chords are basic to easy guitar) and provided me material to use in my work setting.

Strogly recommended for the beginning guitarist, elementary school teacher, camp counselor who want to include music in a group setting. For the aspiring guitarist, the text includes diagrams of the nine strum or pick patterns that can be used with the songs. Each title in the book has a suggested pick/strum pattern. Other easy guitar books sometimes include this feature. I found these patterns to be very helpful as a self-teching method. The songs are well known popular children's songs that are familiar to everyone and can be used in any recreational/ educational seting with children. I liked the book in so far as it helpled me practice guitar skills that I am acquiring (the chords are basic to easy guitar) and provided me material to use in my work setting.

The idea is a good one: A BIG BOOK OF CHILDREN'S SONGS. There are many classic kid's song and this is probably a good book if one just needs the lyrics but the arrangements are not simple or easy to play. I have taught guitar for many years and I can tell you that the publishers have made these songs much more complicated than they actually are. For example, the Beatle's tune, YELLOW SUBMARINE is a simple 3-chord song in the key of G but here they've added 3 extra chords not in the original tune. Another complaint is the authors have transposed many of these song in the key of "F" which unfortunately is one of the hardest chords to play for beginning guitarists especially people with little hands. If you want simple arrangements and easy-to-play kid's tunes - look elsewhere.

I hoped this book would have more nursery rhymes and fewer "serious" songs since it was a gift to my son and 1 year old grandaughter. It would be nice to see the content of a book such as this before buying. Perhaps a different book would have been better.

This book was just what I was looking for. Offers tab as well as strum patterns and picking patterns. Fun children's songs and many from disney movies. I use it in my elementary music class and the kids love it!

If you're looking for a collection of classic children's songs, this is the book for you...

This is an excellent book, especially for children taking piano lessons, and older people who just started taking lessons. I love it..

Lots of music to choose from easy to learn from my 4 yearold son and my seven yearold son both can use this book with ease

This book had a nice selection of songs, but our problem is that the guitar tabs are far from easy. The chords themselves are fine, but the book has you doing way too many changes for a beginner. They'll have you playing a different chord every couple bars, and I'm pretty sure you could play the same songs with fewer chord changes.