Eric Clapton: Deluxe/Hl00312095 (Paperback)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Hal Leonard Corp; Rev edition (September 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0685494047
• ISBN-13: 978-0685494042
• Product Dimensions: 12.2 x 9.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #4,528,118 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars I got this for some great songs., July 31, 2001

By	Bruce P. Barten (Saint Paul, MN United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

It is too bad that there isn't as much information shown about the music in this book as great marketing of CDs provides for some popular items. I recently heard Eric Clapton play in Saint Paul, and I'm sure thousands of people know a lot of the songs in this book, but after a concert, I enjoy looking at the book to see if anything that is down in black and white makes more sense than it did when I heard it. My best example would be the song "Layla." In the book, it is written in a key of D flat, with a few changes for the verses, chorus, and instrumental at the end. The music in the book doesn't try to show everything going on at the same time, so it never seems to be as complicated as the song itself. After all these years of trying to put the opening notes together, I have finally heard this song often enough so that the quick run at the beginning is just what I'm thinking when I try to play it. People who can't get to that point will not enjoy this book very much, but people who really don't know if they could put a few parts of this song together from a bunch of notes ought to make the effort. One of the verses starts out, "I tried to give you consolation, . . ." but people who really know this song probably remember the line, "before I finally go insane," better. Having this book might not be good for everybody, but being able to play this stuff is great, as far as I'm concerned. Give it a try.