The Very Best of the Eagles: Guitar Tablature Edition (Authentic Guitar-Tab) [Sheet music]

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Book Description

Series: Authentic Guitar-Tab | Publication Date: September 2004

Containing 33 titles from the Eagles' remarkable career, this album-matching folio includes 24 pages featuring photos of the band and a conversation with Don Henley and Glenn Frey that provides background information on how the songs were written and the meaning behind them. Titles include: After the Thrill Is Gone * Already Gone * The Best of My Love * Desperado * Get Over It * Heartache Tonight * Hole in the World * Hotel California * The Last Resort * Life in the Fast Lane * The Long Run * Love Will Keep Us Alive * Lyin' Eyes * Take It Easy * Take It to the Limit * Tequila Sunrise * Victim of Love * Wasted Time * Witchy Woman and many more.

Product Details

• Sheet music: 366 pages
• Publisher: Warner Bros. Publications (September 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0757920217
• ISBN-13: 978-0757920219
• Product Dimensions: 11.7 x 8.9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #77,724 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great idea, but Tab is not very accurate...., January 28, 2010

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Mark (Miami, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Very Best of the Eagles: Guitar Tablature Edition (Authentic Guitar-Tab) (Sheet music)

I purchased this book to help me figure out some of The Eagles' greatest guitar lines. Unfortunately, the tab doesn't seem very accurate / authentic to me - I've seen videos of the Eagles perfoming many of these tunes, and their hands are in different positions on the neck - compared to what this book says.

The tabs are relatively close, but for someone like me who likes to get the parts bang on - esp. for the intro of a song like "Hotel California" - there are lots of small differences that all add up to the music being incorrectly transcribed. It seems to me that the music in this book was transcribed on a piano, and then converted into guitar tab.... just my 2 cents.

The foreword is an interesting read, with Don Henley and Glenn Frey adding insight into each of the tunes, although having also just read the Don Felder book "My Life In The Eagles" (which was a GREAT read IMO), their words seem somewhat hollow.... at least to me.

Overall, this book is a fair transcription of the material - I just wish the publisher Cherry Lane offered one like it !

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great book with minor flaws, April 18, 2010

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Rock Solid (Austin, TX, US) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Very Best of the Eagles: Guitar Tablature Edition (Authentic Guitar-Tab) (Sheet music)

I bought this book mainly to learn the slide part to "Heartache Tonight." The first page (pg. 266) has the slide guitar tuned to E-B-E-G-B-E, which is not quite an open-E tuning, but rather a cross-note E tuning. Duly tuned, I forged ahead, only to realize after much frustration that the tuning actually IS an open-E tuning. So, as noted by an earlier reviewer, there are typos, and this was a major one.

Nonetheless, after adjusting the tuning, I found the tablature to be accurate and informative. Other songs proved to be worth the money, too, so I am giving it a 4-star rating. Worth the investment, but be aware of the occasional typo, especially the tuning for guitar #3 on Heartache Tonight.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Eagles Written Music in TAB for at least 3 guitars and Bass, December 28, 2009

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Ronald D. Lindsay "Flower Child" (Yuma, AZ USA) - See all my reviews
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Difficult, requires entire band to sound like anything. Excellent for a working band of professional quality musicians!