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Windham Hill Guitar Sampler

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I've played for 35 years. I love fine guitar tunes and great fingerpicking tablature when i can find it. This is in the my Top 5 tablature books ever --- and I've explored many. There's a somewhat matching cd with 5 or 6 of these tunes out there used on eBay. Andecy, The Handing Down and Prelude from the Bridal Suite are three I have learned and love. For folks who wish to play timeless fingerpicking pieces ... haunting, spiritual and beautiful songs in this book. The real deal. A bargain -- I have worn my copy out.

I have been an avid acoustic guitarist for some time. I'm always on the lookout for good fingerpicking books, and I was lucky enough to stumble across this. I mainly bought the book for the 5 Alex de Grassi transcriptions, though I have since fallen in love with all 18 songs.
Windham Hill Guitar Sampler provides a range of difficulty that will please both intermediate and advanced players. For the jammers, songs with multiple guitar parts are included, such as Dolphins and Pavanne.
Best of all, selections from this book are diverse enough to keep you interested and playing for hours on end. I have found that many books in this genre provide only a single sound- every song sounds the same as the next. You end up learning one or two, and then retiring the book due to boredom. With Windham Hill Guitar Sampler, this is not the case.
Songs such as Andecy and Prelude from the Bridal Suite are classical. The Bricklayer's Beautiful Daughter, Charlotte, and Window, on the other hand, are light and folky. Even more diverse styles such as celtic/jazz and eastern are touched on with A Momentary Change of Heart (my personal favorite), and 36, respectively.
The bottom line is that this is a superb book, and I would highly recomend it to any guitarist.