Eric Clapton: Deluxe [Paperback]

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1991

iSong is the only teaching tool that actually syncs to the original recordings of legendary musicians and today's top stars! Each iSong pack includes arrrangements ranging from very simple to note-accurate transcriptions, a performance video, and a virtual fretboard or keyboard, all in one wholly interactive environment. No matter what your skill level, or whether or not you read music, iSong is a great way for you to learn songs you've always wanted to play! Each iSong CD-ROM features six innovative teaching tools in a state-of-the-art interactive environment: Animated score and TAB, Synced instructor video, iLevel arrangements widely ranging in difficulty, Virtual "live" fretboard or keyboard, Tempo control, Looping with exact cueing. This package includes: Needs His Woman * Wonderful Tonight * After Midnight * Crossroads * Circus * I'm Tore Down.

--This text refers to the CD-ROM edition.

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Hal Leonard Corp; Revised edition (September 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0685494047
• ISBN-13: 978-0685494042
• Product Dimensions: 12.2 x 9.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,472,612 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great format, October 16, 2007

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DioMio "dio104" (Grandview, MO United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Eric Clapton: Guitar Chord Songbook (Paperback)

If you're like me, you'll find this book really handy. The format includes only the chords and the lyrics. I'm an experienced guitarist, so I only want the bare bones of a song. I rarely have to turn the pages since most songs fit on a couple of pages (lyrics are hard for me to remember for some reason). The chord changes are placed above the lyrics, so if you know the song, it's easy to make the changes at the right time. So far, all of the songs I've played are in the correct key, but I've only played a dozen or so from this book. The Chord Songbook series has been a real productive one for me. I love 'em. Especially the Beatles Complete Chord Songbook. I've learned more about pop song structure from these books than any other material. Chord diagrams are at the top the every song title page, in case you need them. Songs are in the correct key unless a capo is required. While I don't use these songbooks to learn new material very often, I do use them to play songs I'm familiar with. So, if you want to play songs without having to turn pages for lyrics and tabs, you will probably like these. Happy guitaring y'all.

5.0 out of 5 stars Eric Clapton: ISong, March 18, 2011

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Charles A. Edwards "Guru of Cooking" (Oklahoma City, OK USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Eric Clapton: iSong (CD-ROM)

Highly recommended for those who love Clapton's sounds. I have enjoy the CD because it gives you the TABs. One of the best I have purchased!

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I got this for some great songs., July 31, 2001

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Bruce P. Barten (Saint Paul, MN United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Eric Clapton: Deluxe (Paperback)

It is too bad that there isn't as much information shown about the music in this book as great marketing of CDs provides for some popular items. I recently heard Eric Clapton play in Saint Paul, and I'm sure thousands of people know a lot of the songs in this book, but after a concert, I enjoy looking at the book to see if anything that is down in black and white makes more sense than it did when I heard it. My best example would be the song "Layla." In the book, it is written in a key of D flat, with a few changes for the verses, chorus, and instrumental at the end. The music in the book doesn't try to show everything going on at the same time, so it never seems to be as complicated as the song itself. After all these years of trying to put the opening notes together, I have finally heard this song often enough so that the quick run at the beginning is just what I'm thinking when I try to play it. People who can't get to that point will not enjoy this book very much, but people who really don't know if they could put a few parts of this song together from a bunch of notes ought to make the effort. One of the verses starts out, "I tried to give you consolation, . . ." but people who really know this song probably remember the line, "before I finally go insane," better. Having this book might not be good for everybody, but being able to play this stuff is great, as far as I'm concerned. Give it a try.