Rise Up Singing: The Group Singing Songbook (15th Anniversary Edition) [Spiral-bound]

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

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 2005

Lyrics and guitar chords for nearly 1,200 songs are arranged in a compact, easy-to-use format in this comprehensive collection. Folk revival favorites; Broadway show tunes; Beatles songs; hymns, spirituals, and gospel standards; songs about peace, freedom, labor, and the environment; and chanteys are among the types of songs included. This revised and retypeset version of the enormously popular group singing songbook makes this essential resource easier to read and use than ever before.

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

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.

Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 288 pages
• Publisher: Sing Out Publications; 15th edition (March 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1881322122
• ISBN-13: 978-1881322122
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 7.6 x 1 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: #343,085 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.