What do you think?
Rate this book
Justinguitar.com Beginner's Songbook
The Justinguitar.com Beginner's Songbook is the perfect complement to Justin Sandercoe’s revolutionary Beginner’s Course, which has been used by hundreds of thousands of people around the world. Now you can learn to play 100 classic songs as your playing develops through the course.
The book includes:
· 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.
· 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.
Completely revised and updated, this really is the ultimate beginner’s songbook!
The book includes:
· 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.
· 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.
Completely revised and updated, this really is the ultimate beginner’s songbook!
- GenresMusicNonfictionReference
224 pages, Spiral-bound
First published July 1, 2011
42 people are currently reading
115 people want to read
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 5 of 5 reviews
September 20, 2020
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.
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.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 25, 2016
Guitar Tuition
Justin's book compliments his guitar course online as do the others. A great guitar teacher for the novice and experienced player.
Justin's book compliments his guitar course online as do the others. A great guitar teacher for the novice and experienced player.
June 24, 2012
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.
February 24, 2012
Excellent songbook and guitar instructor.
February 13, 2017
Great beginner book for budding guitarist. Easy songs li led with YouTube videos.
Displaying 1 - 5 of 5 reviews