Customer Reviews

The Very Best of Ozzy Osbourne: A Step-by-Step Breakdown of the Styles and Techniques of Randy Rhoads, Jake E. Lee & Zakk Wylde (Guitar Signature Licks)

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Contrary to what is written above.

This is a very good book for players who like Ozzy's music and the styles of his guitarist. Note that this book does not show you complete songs but the highlights. The one of the best feature is the CD, they put the guitar on the right side of your stereo and the backup band on the left so you can turn down the guitar and play with the CD, very cool. Also the instruction is great and easy to follow and if you are not a strong reader of tablature (TAB) it has some helpfull definitions in the back. It will be tough for a first time guitar player to buy this and try and keep up, but I wouldn't underestimate the drive of a future guitar hero. Have fun!

First of all, I am a big fan of the Stetina Series as he shows you how it's done step by step.

This book has the exact transcriptions of the songs (with the exception of Shot in The Dark as the other reader said, be warned) and the CD with excerpts of the songs played full speed and slowly so you can hear that each solo and riff note by note.

I took away one star because the book excludes parts of some songs, most notably the cool outro in "Bark at the Moon" and the fast part after the solo in "Killer of Giants".

Despite that flaw, it is a great book. Highly recommended.

My son loves this book. Everything is written out to help better understand the man behind the music. The chords he used and the music he wrote were so unique. Learning styles of music and learning how to play them well makes for a great musician. Learn from the masters. They have made their name on the music charts why not learn how they created that certain sound and ROCK ON!!!!

The biggest minus is that this songbook DOES NOT contain Shot in the Dark song. The rest of the book is of good quality.