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Guitar Hero Songbook - Guitar TAB (Guitar Songbook)

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I was a little hesitant to purchase this book initially because I feared it may be riddled with video game graphics throughout and just not something I would use. I was wrong and this book is fantastic. Much like the game, once I tried it, I found that it was really well done and well worth the money.

This book contains 40 songs which are very detailed and are written in staff, tab and rhythm slash. There is also a legend in the back to help explain the notations used throughout the book. For anyone who isn't sure about note bending or how to hammer-on, this is useful. I'd also say that the physical layout of this book is better than some others that I've seen and own. The page size and binding were both done deliberately to help keep the book open and flat on a table without you having to keep putting your hands on it. This is really helpful because you want to focus your hands on the guitar not the book when reading it. Only the first and last songs needed an extra weight to hold the pages in place.

I've had this book for just over a month and I've gone from being initially hesitant to realizing this book was very well done and if I lost it, I would quickly purchase it again - and after the Table of Contents, there are no more video game graphics.

Here's a list of the songs included:

Bark at the Moon - Ozzy Osbourne
Beast and the Harlot - Avenged Sevenfold
Carry On Wayward Son - Kansas
Cherry Pie - Warrant
Crazy on You - Heart
Cross Road Blues (Crossroads) - Cream
Frankenstein - Edgar Winter Group
Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Godzilla - Blue Oyster Cult
Heart Shaped Box - Nirvana
Higher Ground - Red Hot Chili Peppers
I Love Rock `N Roll - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
Iron Man - Black Sabbath
Jessica - The Allman Brothers Band
Killer Queen - Queen
Laid to Rest - Lamb of God
Last Child - Aerosmith
Madhouse - Anthrax
Message in a Bottle - Police
Monkey Wrench - Foo Fighters
More Than a Feeling - Boston
Mother - Danzig
Possum Kingdon - The Toadies
Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo - Rick Derringer
Rock This Town - Stray Cats
Search and Destroy - Iggy Pop
Sharp Dressed Man - ZZ Top
Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple
Stellar - Incubus
Stop - Jane's Addiction
Strutter - Kiss
Surrender - Cheap Trick
Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses
Symphony of Destruction - Megadeth
Texas Flood - Stevie Ray Vaughan
Them Bones - Alice in Chains
The Trooper - Iron Maiden
You Really Got Me - Van Halen
You've Got Another Thing Coming - Judas Priest
Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie

This is a book of select songs from the first 2 versions of the guitar hero game. Many of these songs can be found in other songbooks, but the song that caused me to buy the book was 'Mother' by Danzig. I couldn't find this particular song anywhere else. Sure, there are plenty of tab sites out there you can get the rhythm tab from, but they frustratingly leave out the solo sections that make this song awesome.

Overall, it's a good book. However, I think that the songs included may be a bit difficult for the beginning players the book will probably appeal to. It is with this fact in mind that I give 4 stars instead of 5.

I encountered this book at the NAMM show and it was one of those "Why didn't I think of that?" ideas. The Guitar Hero series is known for its list of more or less legendary rock songs, so this creates an awesome compilation of songs to learn and is a fantastic addition to any (aspiring) guitar hero's arsenal. Almost all the songs are, to some extent, extremely recognizable and they range from easy enough for a newbie to intricate enough for a seasoned guitar slinger. Really, if you play the guitar hero series and you play the guitar (or want to learn to play the guitar), you owe it to yourself to get this book. Hal Leonard puts out fantastic tabs, and this book is no exception. These tabs will undoubtedly leave you much better off than any tabs you could scour off the internet.

Regardless of how you play guitar or what style you play, it never hurts to have a couple instantly recognizable songs in your repertoire, and you can always derive some ideas from the licks and riffs you learn. Plus, if you're a performing musician, this book has a great many songs that are excellent to throw into your show now and then, simply because it's a pretty sure bet that the 12+ demographic will recognize it.

In summary, this book is just plain heavy metal. If you're looking for songbooks, this really belongs at the top of the list.

As a guitar hero player who has drifted more into the real deal, I can definitely say that this book is great for people who are just getting into guitar playing, especially former guitar hero players.

The thing I like best about this book is that everything is in music notation and tab, which holds no comparison to online tabs on the net (Hal Leonard always delivers quality products). It really helps to be able to know what kind of note and how each note is played. If you know how to read the time signatures, you can even grab a metronome and build up your speed on the solos while you learn them (my favorite part about the book). The notation legend in the back is really helpful if you're not familiar with all the possible symbols in tab.

Having played through most all of the GH games, I recognize all of the songs easily after playing them hundreds of times on the games. This really helps you learn different sections faster because you can better understand how it really sounds outside of the book. You won't excel at everything immediately, but that's the fun of playing the instrument.

The book has a really good selection of songs from the first two games, although there are a few songs that I wish had made the cut. I think 40 songs is still a good amount to have in the book.

Something I don't like is that I've noticed a few spots that are incorrect (by sound); maybe they just don't sound right to me. I figured out how to play parts the way I wanted to though, tweaking the sound to my liking, so it was no big deal.

I'm sure it's been stated earlier before, but people who are new to the guitar will undoubtedly have trouble with some parts as the difficulty of the songs varies. Most of the difficult parts involve techniques that develop with time playing the guitar; so don't expect to pick up a guitar and this book and start flying through all the songs in a week. It's going to take time and dedication, and is 100% worth it in the end.

However, if you don't want to start your guitar playing with this book I highly recommend taking lessons. Doing so can only make you better, especially if you're new to the instrument.

The Guitar Hero songbook was purchased for my grandson. He is a beginning guitar player and loves it. I would recommend it to anyone who plays guitar whether a beginner or otherwise. The service was prompt.

purchased for my grandson. He is very happy wqith the item and the service was great

The Guitar Hero Songbook - Spiral Edition was received in less than 10 days and arrived in excellent condition. The spiral binding could be a little bigger to make the pages easier to turn, but that is not the distributor's fault. I would buy from them again.

This isn't a very good book. The tabs are sometimes blatantly incorrect. Since most of these tabs exist online in more accurate forms, I highly recommend downloading the free Power Tab editing software which has all the features of this book (Lyrics, standard notation, tablature) and more (MIDI playback, metronome). If you prefer to have the tabs on paper, you can also print the tabs out. The only reason why you should buy the book, then, is if you don't have a computer.

This is a really good book IF you can read notes. The tabbiture in this book is awful, and doesn't even gives the tabs for the whole song, but what I like is that it tells you the effects you need, which most tabs don't. Overall, a good book, you can't give it a bad review.

This book was great! Has all the TAB and piano notes to play all the songs on Guitar Hero. My son and I love it.