James Taylor Greatest Hits (Paperback)

~ James Taylor (Author)

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Titles: Something in the Way She Moves * Carolina in My Mind * Fire and Rain * Sweet Baby James * Country Road * You've Got a Friend * Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight * Walking Man * How Sweet It Is * Mexico * Shower The People * Steamroller.

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Fire and Rain * You've Got a Friend * Walking Man * How Sweet It Is * Shower the People and many others.

Product Details

• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: Alfred Publishing Co., Inc. (August 1, 1978)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0897241649
• ISBN-13: 978-0897241649
• Product Dimensions: 11.8 x 9 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #753,433 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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27 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars James Taylor's Greatest Hits, July 13, 2000

By	L. Heagy (St. Louis, MO) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: James Taylor: Greatest Hits (Authentic Guitar-Tab Editions) (Paperback)

This book of sheet music is ideal for the acoustic guitar player who wants to learn more about the "James Taylor Style" of playing.

Taylor uses many guitar chords in his songs that are not normally seen by the everage guitar player. Every song in this collection of his early hits has specific chord diagrams to help you through the difficult learning process.

I have gotten many hours of pure enjoyment from this book and anticipate many years of the same.

If you are a James Taylor fan, this is a "must buy." You will not regret it!

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Very accurate, but bad tab, August 17, 2003

By	Jason Coyne (Highland Park (Chicago), Illinois, United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: James Taylor: Greatest Hits (Authentic Guitar-Tab Editions) (Paperback)

The transcriptions in this book are 100% dead on, they play exactly like the CD, which is great if thats what you are looking for. However, they have one huge flaw in them.

Many of the songs use a capo. The tab has the chords in both the key you are playing in, and the relative capo key, which is great. However, the tab is written as if you do not have a capo.

For example, the first chord in "youve got a friend" is an A, but because of the capo at the second fret, you play a G. This would normally give you tab that had a 3 on the lowest string, to play the G note, however, you are really on the 5th fret because of the capo. The tab has a 5, instead of the more intuitive 3. This makes it very difficult to play, because you have to constantly transpose the notes as you are playing.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Beware - this is not the tab edition!, June 11, 2007

By	R. Doherty "R.E.D." (Eastern MA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Despite what you may think from reading the other reviews, this edition does not include guitar tablature. The one that does has the same cover as this, but has a different ISBN.