Rise Up Singing: The Group Singing Songbook [Spiral-bound]

Peter Blood (Editor), Annie Patterson (Editor), Kore Loy McWhirter (Illustrator), Pete Seeger (Introduction)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2000

This comprehensive collection has sold tens of thousands of copies around the world. It contains words and guitar chords to nearly 1200 songs, arranged in a compact, easy-to-use format for locating songs and working with groups. You won't find an array of songs like this anywhere else: 'Folk Revival' favorites popularized by Baez, Seeger, Collins, Peter, Paul and Mary, Dylan, Mitchell, Taylor, Donovan, and many others. * The best-known material of contemporary folk songwriters including Near, Staines, Williamson, Rogers, Bok and many more. * Broadway show tunes, Beatles songs, Motown hits * Hymns, spirituals, and gospel standards * Songs about peace, freedom, labor and the environment * Ballads, cowboy songs, shanties and blues

Editorial Reviews

Review

"This is the best, most exhilarating and glorious history of the United States: a singing history. It is more than a lovely songbook--it's a play-work-fight-freedom hymnal." --Studs Terkel, author, "Hope Dies Last
--This text refers to an alternate Spiral-bound edition.

About the Author

Peter Blood and Annie Patterson have over 25 years of experience in song-leading at conferences and gatherings using Rise Up Singing throughout the United States, Canada, and Australia. They both live in Cheney, Pennsylvania.

--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 288 pages
• Publisher: Sing Out Publications; Spi edition (September 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0962670472
• ISBN-13: 978-0962670473
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (95 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #275,506 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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43 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Latest edition correct tiny flaw, July 28, 2000

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Paula Berman (Phoenix, AZ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rise Up Singing: The Group Singing Songbook (Spiral-bound)

In my earlier review here, I gushed about how great this songbook, but added a wish that the songs be indexed by author. In this current edition, that wish has been granted, helping me notice a few songs I'd overlooked before.

Again, this is the best collection of songs you can actually sing, with guitar chords that usually work pretty well (occasional problems there may be in my skill level, not in the book!) There's no current Top 40 (there is some Motown) but these are the songs people have heard and sung and relaxed with and fought with and cried with and fallen in love with.....and been made to think with.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Own For All, December 3, 1999

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Adam (Long Beach, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rise Up Singing: The Group Singing Songbook (Spiral-bound)

This is the song book to end all song books, with the words to every song you ever sang at camp, with friends, at your place of worship, or with your school chorus. Each one of these songs are precious gems,which makes this book an invaluable treasure chest.Buy it and sing along and rise up singing!

20 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great selection, weak chords, November 26, 1999

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Teacher Jeff (Stow, Mass.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rise Up Singing: The Group Singing Songbook (Spiral-bound)

The great thing about this book is its comprehensiveness: you won't find a collection of this size and variety anywhere else.Unfortunately, the book uses a quirky and often difficult-to-understand chord notation that has two main problems. First, I have found the chords to often be, simply, wrong--both to my ear and in comparison to other, more authoritative books. Second, the chords are simply listed--there is no time signature or rhythm information. How long do you play these chords? A quarter-note? A whole? An eighth? It drives me crazy, as I have found several songs unplayable.