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Mel Bay Easy Celtic Solos for Fingerstyle Guitar Book/CD Set

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This book requires a very basic knowledge of tuning and playing a guitar. No instructions are given for "learning" how to play a guitar. But once you have the basics down, the instructions and tabs are very easy enough to work through. Lisle has 2 or 3 levels of fingerstyle difficulty (beginner, intermediate, advanced) within each song, so once you have the easiest version down, you can grow into the next level. He uses standard EADGBE tuning, but has a couple of alternate tunings for a few songs, too. The CD is excellent to help with learning the songs, and it's just plain great to listen to! I was only a chord player (very much a beginner!) before this, but this has been a great step into fingerstyle playing. Songs: The Bantry Girls Lament, Dingle Regatta, The Banks of the Suir, The Doon, Father Kelly's Jig, Lanigan's Ball, The Liverpool Hornpipe, Merrily Kiss the Quaker, O Danny Boy, Red is the Rose, Star of the County Down, Wellington's Advance. Enjoy!

I have learned about half the tunes in this book and I am enjoying it immensely. Many of the songs have easy and then more difficult passages, making it possible to match parts, or all, or each tune to the player's ability. What a great value, considering the purchase price and the many hours of learning, fun and satisfaction! The tablature is clearly written, with an accompanying CD for those who like to learn by ear as well as by tab. I highly recommend this book for beginning/intermediate fingerstyle players who want to explore Celtic tunes.

This is a collection of excellent fingerstyle arrangements. Most have a Part 'A' and a Part 'B' -- some have a part 'C'. The arrangements are progressively harder as you move from 'A' to 'C' but even 'C' is accessible to an intermediate player. 'A's are within reach of almost anyone who has played fingerstyle at least a little. I take exception to the review that stated that by buying this book you are `just paying for tab'. No. By buying this book you are getting some professional arrangements of Celtic fingerstyle pieces - these aren't that easy to find.

I found the book and CD to be very helpful and worth the price.

This is an excellent book for beginners. I got this book because I was just starting but I wanted to play some real songs that weren't just the boring melody lines and this is really great for that!! I could read notes but I wanted to learn how to read tab because it is easier to read much quicker than standard notation for the guitar and the tab in this book was written really well and easy to read.

Without a doubt the worst fingerstyle book I've ever purchased.Basically you're paying for tab. There is NO instruction or explanation for any song in the book. Go anywhere on the web and get better instruction and tab FREE!!!
Don't waste your money unless you're looking for an alternative to Charmin T.P. that is.