Justinguitar.com Beginner's Songbook

by Justin Sandercoe

The updated 2nd Edition of the Justinguitar.com Beginner's Songbook is now spiral bound for easy reading and page turns, while remaining the same compact size for jamming on the go. Established as the ultimate songbook available for beginners, the Justinguitar.com Beginner's Songbook - 2nd Edition is the perfect complement for Justin Sandercoe s revolutionary online lessons which are used by hundreds of thousands of people across the world. Now you can learn to play 100 classic songs as your playing develops through the course. The book Complete lyrics and chords to 100 songs by artists such as The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash, Simon & Garfunkel, Jeff Buckley, Crowded House, Mumford & Sons, Kings of Leon, Nirvana and many more. There are 10 songs for each stage of the Beginner s Course, building up from easy three-chord songs through to more advanced tunes. Tuition notes for each song by Justin advising you on strumming patterns and chord changes, with diagrams to illustrate all the chord shapes you need.

Genres: Music, Nonfiction, Reference

224 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2011

Reviews

[Sofiya · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think Justin’s Lessons are great. You honestly don’t need to buy this book because you can get all the lessons online for free. So his online lessons are 5+ stars.

When looking at the book by itself, the book is probably a 4 star book. I like how for each song there are little notes on how to make it more complex or information about strumming pattern and tips.

However, something to note is that in each stage, the songs included are songs that you should be able to play at the stage, not songs that necessarily help you practice the skills you learned in that stage. For example you learn the B7 chord in stage 4 but none of the songs in stage 4 contain B7. It’s something small that should be noted.

Anyways, if you are learning guitar seriously (because you want to become good at it) time is probably better spent practicing techniques.

However, if you are a beginner just playing guitar causally for fun (which is what I’m doing), this book provides a good starting point to learn to play songs that are within your abilities.

[Leechie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Guitar Tuition

Justin's book compliments his guitar course online as do the others. A great guitar teacher for the novice and experienced player.

[Pedro Moreira · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a very good book for guitar initiation. The perfect combination with 100 classic songs and beginner guitarists tips. I like especially the rhythm notation which is a very easy way to start learning.

[Nereyda · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent songbook and guitar instructor.

[Alan Hartley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great beginner book for budding guitarist. Easy songs li led with YouTube videos.