Customer Reviews

Led Zeppelin Classics (Authentic Guitar-Tab)

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This book is for real, unlike the "Complete?" book which is tabbed incorrectly. I've been playing now for 17 years and this book will give you all the intricacies of the songs chosen. With one technical exception: and this is for true authentic players, the tab to "bron-y'aur stomp" is presented as a capoed song in open F. On the Led Zep DVD however, Page plays this uncapoed in open G.

All others seem to be right on. Well worth the money.

I highly recommend this book. And it has the complete solos too.

Doug

This is a great book for someone looking to learn every note the great Jimmy Page played on this set of songs. The tabs are accurate and include all the various parts played by acoustic and electric guitars, as well as mandarins. This includes solos too!

This is not for the faint of heart, so beginner's should probably procrastinate on purchasing this one. Unless you want to practice til your fingers and eyes bleed. And more power to you if you do.

I give it 5 but I could wish for a few more songs. Honestly, for me, some of the songs were beyond my skill level, so what's the point? Good luck!

The book is beutifully designed with the most intricate notes possible. When looking at it, you feel as if an entire orchestra can be created from it. They did a brilliant job with making it as close to the real sound of Zeppelin as possible. However, it is certainly not for begginers. if you are a great musician already and want to play Led Zeppelin, this is the book for you.

I only wish this book contained ALL the songs! The tablature is outstanding and truly what any major Zeppelin guitarist fan is looking for. The solos are included, and unlike "Led Zeppelin Complete," this is a reliable, well-put-together arrangement of GREAT Zeppelin songs. The only bad thing about it is that the fabulous maker of the book did not transcribe MORE songs! At $15.72, this is the best deal for classic Zeppelin tabs, BELIEVE ME! "Dazed and Confused" is soooo intricate, giving me MORE than I asked for! And when I flipped to "What is and What Should Never Be," I realized just how much sense this book really makes. Definitely for experienced guitar players with ears "experienced" in the sound of LED ZEPPELIN. This book will help you to better understand the music behind the madness of this quartet. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED--grab this gold before it is gone!!

All I have say is "Wow" this book is incredible. I've been playing guitar for about 3 months now, and I'm a HUGE Zeppelin fan so I decided to get this book. I think I might have bit off a little more than I can chew. I can play the riffs from a few songs, but that's about it. But, as they always say "Practice makes perfect." If you're experienced with a guitar, I would HIGHLY recommend this.

What can I say. I got this book for my wife and she loves it. Even her guitar instructor wanted to steal it. A book two with other of the Led Zeppelin's songs would be nice :-)

I'm learning with a professional guitar player who actually plays in a rockband for a living and knows Led Zeppelin inside out.
The transcription for HeartBreaker is poor - It is totally wrong in many parts.
This is not just because my teacher said so, but by actually listening to the song using a slow down software it is obvious that there is no match between what the book says and what Jimi Page plays.
It is not just about positions on that neck, but wrong transcription.
e.g.: In page 176, the whole solo part is 100% wrong. The real playback reveals that it should have been a traversal on the A Major scale from the 5nd string down to the octave below in 2nd string.
And there are other examples.
Also we tried a few versions of the song just to verify (live, studio) - not even close.

Another issue is that the transcriber does not seem to know Jimi Page's licks and playing styles - He had kind of a charming sloppy way of producing notes which cannot be ignored. Playing the 'correct' notes would sound like DATA from StarTrek trying to play Led Zeppelin. i.e. The transcription is mechanical and ignores the artist. For other bands (playing simple monotonic chord progressions) maybe this would have passed, but for Led Zeppelin it does not.

Not 100% waste of money, because there are lyrics and the paper can be used a notebook so the real correct chords and notes can be written instead..that's why I gave it 2 stars instead of one.

These tabs are terrific!! I just can't believe that "Over the Hills and Far Away" was not one of the offerings. Worth the money despite this flaw.

This is a good reference for assisting in the composing many of Led Zeppelin's works. There is music notation for vocals, lead guitar and rhythm guitar. The accuracy is questionable in many areas but it does a fairly good job as a starting resource.