Pink Floyd: Echoes (Pink Floyd) [Paperback]

Pink Floyd (Author)

Book Description

Series: Pink Floyd | Publication Date: February 1, 2002

This long-awaited compilation features twenty-six songs that span 30 years of Pink Floyd. Celebrating one of the greatest and most poignant British bands of all time who made such appealing and creative psychedelic music it has became part of popular music culture. Inside there are full transcriptions for intermediate to advanced guitarists, in tablature and standard notation, with the full lyrics and chords. This glorious book features a lavish colour photo section and separate lyrics for each song. Includes the classic tracks: Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2), Money, See Emily Play and Shine on You Crazy Diamond.

Product Details

• Paperback: 328 pages
• Publisher: Wise Publications; Completely Upda edition (February 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0711993939
• ISBN-13: 978-0711993938
• Product Dimensions: 12 x 8.7 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #574,891 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not quite flawless, but close enough., June 30, 2003

By 

SneezeAttack "sneezeattack" (Pittsburgh) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pink Floyd: Echoes (Pink Floyd) (Paperback)

In a nutshell, this book is great for any guitar player looking to improve his/her playing ability using some of the best material.
That being said, my only major complaint, and it's annoyingly true for most if not all guitar/tab books, is that when a song is played in an alternate tuning or with a capo, the notes on the staff are changed accordingly. This means that if your guitar has a capo at the 3rd and you hit the open E, the note will say E rather than G. To have the tab say "zero" makes sense (sort of, unless you're playing higher on the neck as Gilmour often does), but it's frustrating as all hell if you're doing a piano arrangement or something.
... If you have the Echoes CD (or all the albums from which to compile the songs for a mix) you'll be pleased to know the tunes are written in the same order, so you can play along easily.
I didn't really want to buy the individual album books, so this is a nice mix. I wish it had more of the acid-rock early stuff, though.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars good stuff here, October 8, 2003

By 

Chris Dugard (Memphis, TN United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pink Floyd: Echoes (Pink Floyd) (Paperback)

obviously, pink floyd songs are not exactly meant for beginners since most of their songs just go on and on. before you get into this stuff you should have a good knowledge of the scales, and a lot of the weird techniques that david gilmour uses. or a photographic memory so you memorize what frets to hit, etc after only a couple tries. other than that, this is a great tab book. most of the songs seem to be accurate from what i can tell, and for the bits with a lot of keyboard or sax (like money) the authors were nice enough to go ahead and tab those out for guitar. so all you really need is a guitar for the whole book! convenient. its really convenient to have a mix of pink floyd songs instead of buying each tab book from their studio albums. definetely a must by for any intermediate or better guitar player who likes pink floyd songs.