Steve Miller Band - Young Hearts: Complete Greatest Hits (Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook) (Paperback)

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22 rock classics, including: Abracadabra * Cry Cry Cry * Fly Like an Eagle * I Want to Make the World Turn Around * The Joker * Jungle Love * Living in the U.S.A. * Space Cowboy * Take the Money and Run * Who Do You Love * and more.

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Sample Music Notation [24kb PDF]

• Paperback: 106 pages
• Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation (December 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0634077244
• ISBN-13: 978-0634077241
• Product Dimensions: 11.9 x 9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #177,926 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Yeah, I'm a Space Cowboy! Bet'chu weren't ready for that!, November 20, 2004

By	Douglas Vanni "Sentient Primate" (Adrift In Consciousness) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Steve Miller Band - Young Hearts: Complete Greatest Hits (Guitar Recorded Version) (Paperback)

Please don't mistake this edition for the 'Easy Guitar Tab' version. This is the title you want. In fact, don't ever buy 'Easy' versions of any guitar book. For they're usually incomplete regarding riffs and solos, and mostly innaccurate in terms of chord voicings and phrasing.

'Young Hearts' is of course the CD that goes with these transcriptions.

The cool thing about Steve Miller, is his ability to say it all in a minimum of notes. He calls to mind the likes of John Fogerty, only with a more urbane and sophisticated sound over CCR's raw swampy feel.

On cuts such as 'Space Cowboy', 'Cry, Cry, Cry', 'Shubada Du Ma Ma', and 'The Stake', Miller displays a call-and-response style of simple yet elegant blues.

'Wild Mountain Honey' is tasty with all its stacatto rhythm jabs, calling to mind the likes of T-Bone Walker.

While 'Abracadabra' emits the effects of heavy studio reverb and echo.

And 'Dance, Dance, Dance' with its hoedown feel, shows that Miller truly has a strong voice in any musical context.

This folio is good for any level of guitarist desiring to learn some very palpable and playable tunes.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential classic rock accurately transcribed, October 16, 2004

By	Kay Emm Gee - See all my reviews

This review is from: Steve Miller Band - Young Hearts: Complete Greatest Hits (Guitar Recorded Version) (Paperback)

Steve Miller's contribution to the lexicon of classic rock is substantial. Unfortunately playing his songs have always been a little tricky, due to his wide spread use of capos and alternate tunings.

For example "The Joker" sounds to be in the key of "F" but try to play it in "F" and you'll find some difficulty. The reason behind this difficulty is Miller's alternate tuning; Miller tunes the guitars down one step and plays the song in "G", due the alternate tuning the song sounds to be in "F."

This book of tablature transcriptions notes all the alternate tunings and capo placements, thus making his exact sound accessible.

If you are interested in an alternate transcription of "Jungle Love" see the November 1994 issue of Guitar School. The alternate transcription is played in the "open G" tuning and capoed on the 3rd fret.

4.0 out of 5 stars It is what it says it is, September 7, 2009

By	Stephen Maestas "toooldtorockandroll-tooyoung... (Albuquerque,NM) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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If you're starting off on guitar and you want to learn the song quickly, buy this book. If you want every nuance of the song written down for you, as in an exact transcription, look elsewhere. Better yet, buy some software that allows you to slow a song down and keep it in tune, get that.