Paperback: 64 pages
Publisher: Hal Leonard (1997)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0793574285
ISBN-13: 978-0793574285
Product Dimensions: 9 x 0.2 x 12 inches
Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #499,541 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #108 in Books > Arts & Photography > Music > Musical Genres > Religious & Sacred Music > Chorale #145 in Books > Arts & Photography > Music > Musical Genres > Religious & Sacred Music > Hymns #359 in Books > Arts & Photography > Music > Musical Genres > Religious & Sacred Music > Christian
Overall this hymn music sheet book is great, definitely easy for playing on guitar with simple chords and covers a lot of popular hymns. It's hard to find anything similar to it for guitar players who only know the basic chords.The only complaint is that the music is not arranged precisely on a line-by-line correspondence for the first stanza as on the subsequent stanzas. Since the subsequent stanzas don't have chords marked on them, it makes it difficult to look at the unaligned first stanza chords and map them to the words in the subsequent stanzas. So you almost have to memorize the entire song's chords in order to play the other stanzas - kind of a bummer for "easy guitar" players. I would have given it 5 stars if this had been laid out better.
If you are looking for old standby hymns, then this is a good choice. It is laid out with staff, tabs, and chords. When playing chords, you are also provided strumming and picking patterns. It couldn't really be any easier than that.There is a good cross section of super easy arrangements and a few that are more challenging. None of it is so complicated it will send you up in a blaze of spontaneous human combustion.I found the layout to be clean and well-organized. The first verse is the only one included in the arrangement and subsequent verses are listed at the end. This works just fine since anyone singing along in church should have a hymnal in front of them, or a power-point presentation if you are more modern.
It has a great selection of hymns. Some are your standard 3 chord easy ones... others have as many as 8 chords. I like that the chords are at the top of every page so I don't have to go to the back or anything to find them. It also has an interesting feature where it tells you the strum pattern to use. I've not figured it out yet but I like the idea of learning to strum better.
I like the music & the way it is written. I like the other Hal book better because it has a broader selection of songs.
This is a useful resources that even a beginning player can use. Chord choices are basic but easy to sing with. You wont be disappointed if you like to sing and play.
This book is pretty handy for me to use for our praise band. We like the old time hymns and this has easy chords and strum/picking patterns too.
I gave it as a gift and the person is enjoying the book.This is the second one I gave because I am learning Hymns from mine.
I got this book for my son who is self taught, and he was able to play many songs without any problems.
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