The Music of Neil Young Made Easy for Guitar [Paperback]

Young (Author), Neil (Author), Aaron Stang (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 1979

Includes: Cinnamon Girl
* Country Girl
* Hey Babe!
* Don't Let It Bring You Down and other great hits.

Product Details

• Paperback: 52 pages
• Publisher: Alfred Publishing (June 1, 1979)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0897241711
• ISBN-13: 978-0897241717
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,944,705 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great place to get started, August 27, 2003

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This review is from: The Music of Neil Young Made Easy for Guitar (Paperback)

This is a collection of Neil Young's early hits, all made easy for beginner guitarists. It includes:
--After the Gold Rush
--Birds
--Cinnamon Girl
--Comes a Time
--Country Girl
--Cowgirl in the Sand
--Cripple Creek Ferry
--Don't Let it Bring You Down
--Down by the River
--Everybody Knows this is Nowhere
--Four Strong Winds
--Harvest
--Heart of Gold
--Helpless
--Hey Babe!
--Hold Back the Tears
--I am a Child
--I Believe in You
--Love is a Rose
--Ohio
--Old Man
--Only Love Can Break Your Heart
--On the Way Home
--Sea of Madness
--Southern Man
--Sugar Mountain
--Tell Me Why
--Till the Morning Comes
--Walk On
As with all books in the Made Easy Series, chords are shown in full diagram form, showing you where to put your fingers, which strings are open, and which strings aren't played. Strum marks are also included to let you know how many times to strum each chord. Only the melody line appears together with the lyrics, so you can't really play these songs on the piano- -unless you know your piano chords real well.

This book was the key to learning guitar for me. I had struggled and struggled through various beginning guitar method books, but none of them did the trick. I couldn't understand how chords came together to make a song. But Neil Young writes many tunes with a very limited range of notes and chords, just right for beginners. The chords are easy to remember, and the melodies are easy to sing, even for those who have trouble carrying a tune. The first song I mastered from this book was Helpless. My college roommate used to tease me whenever I played the song: "There is a song with only 3 chords, and it is Hopeless, Hopeless, Hopeless, Hopeless". But after learning to play this song, I went on to learn After the Gold Rush, and more. It wasn't long before I could progress from this book to other Made Easy books, and soon to regular song books without full chord diagrams. If you like the music of Neil Young and you want to play his songs on guitar, this is a great book to use to get started.