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Pink Floyd: Echoes (Pink Floyd)

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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.

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.