So glad I found you! I’ve been working on pieces from this book and found it challenging because I couldn’t hear or see how others performed the songs, not a very good guitarist, and am teaching myself . I’m working on a medley of Beatles songs and I can memorize these pieces..and my first song I memorized was The Long and Winding Road. The fingering on some with my short fingers are challenging so I’m noting the chords first. Made photocopies of pages and taped them together and use two music stands side by side so I don’t have to turn pages. I have no idea if I sound good or bad but watching and listening to you play has given me motivation to keep going. This Fingerstyle book is easier than another Hal Leonard Beatles book I have written for classical guitarists.... Thank you for creating this video!! I plan to watch it over and over to compare how I sound to you....
Happy that you find it useful. I think I have the same other book you are referring to. I wasn't inspired by those arrangements and never really used that book.
i might have the one (teh harder book taht you are talking about) and i have trouble with it! for instance when i play „and i love her“ it just doesnt sound right. my book is called „the beatles for easy classical guitar“ (oh yeah and one question: is it true that classical guitar=solo guitar? thanks! 😊
Thanks for the review. I agree, three staves is too spacious. I play through Hal Leonard Fingerstyle arrangements and if I like the arrangement I engrave it myself with one staff, lyrics, and chord symbols. I usually reduce the number of pages by half.
hi im a starter and i wanted to ask how you can see if the song is in g-major (or i dont know d-minor)? where does it say? i have the beatles guitar book also for solo guitar(or fingerpicking) but with different songs (also by hal leonard). thank you! 😊
Generally a quick way is to look at the number of sharps or flats in the key signature of the music notation. Assuming they are major keys, no sharps or flats is C, 1 sharp G, 2 sharps D, 3 sharps A, 4 sharps E. 1 flat - F. A quick visual trick on guitar is to look at the strings (assuming you know the names of the standard pitches). Consider 3rd string G is 1#. Move over to string D, A, and E representing 2, 3, and 4 sharps. That about covers it for the Fingerpicking Beatles book. One oddball is A Day in the Life. Starts in C major (with sort of an A minor feel) (no sharps), then goes to A minor (3 sharps) for the bridge, then back to C. Skip that song if you are just beginning (haha!). Perhaps I should do a video on this topic some time. Hopefully that wasn't confusing.
It depends how much of a beginner you are. I used to assign these to my young students who had played for perhaps a year. Looking through, perhaps Hey Jude is not so bad. I think it's fun too.
The copyright information is a bit of a joke IMHO. They want you to purchase something that you can't take and then use your creative skills to make it your own?? How do they enforce it anyway?
Thank you, for self taught beginners, your reviews are great. Thank you for playing excepts from the books and for your honest thoughts.
Thanks for tuning in. Glad it was useful.
Hi, thanks a lot for these demo... I've Just bought the book and your video is precious !
Hi Paul, thanks - happy to hear that.
So glad I found you! I’ve been working on pieces from this book and found it challenging because I couldn’t hear or see how others performed the songs, not a very good guitarist, and am teaching myself . I’m working on a medley of Beatles songs and I can memorize these pieces..and my first song I memorized was The Long and Winding Road. The fingering on some with my short fingers are challenging so I’m noting the chords first. Made photocopies of pages and taped them together and use two music stands side by side so I don’t have to turn pages. I have no idea if I sound good or bad but watching and listening to you play has given me motivation to keep going. This Fingerstyle book is easier than another Hal Leonard Beatles book I have written for classical guitarists.... Thank you for creating this video!! I plan to watch it over and over to compare how I sound to you....
Happy that you find it useful. I think I have the same other book you are referring to. I wasn't inspired by those arrangements and never really used that book.
Keep going! Everything you work on will help you progress, IMHO. It's a lifetime project.
i might have the one (teh harder book taht you are talking about) and i have trouble with it! for instance when i play „and i love her“ it just doesnt sound right. my book is called „the beatles for easy classical guitar“ (oh yeah and one question: is it true that classical guitar=solo guitar? thanks! 😊
Thanks for the review. I agree, three staves is too spacious. I play through Hal Leonard Fingerstyle arrangements and if I like the arrangement I engrave it myself with one staff, lyrics, and chord symbols. I usually reduce the number of pages by half.
hi im a starter and i wanted to ask how you can see if the song is in g-major (or i dont know d-minor)? where does it say? i have the beatles guitar book also for solo guitar(or fingerpicking) but with different songs (also by hal leonard). thank you! 😊
Generally a quick way is to look at the number of sharps or flats in the key signature of the music notation. Assuming they are major keys, no sharps or flats is C, 1 sharp G, 2 sharps D, 3 sharps A, 4 sharps E. 1 flat - F. A quick visual trick on guitar is to look at the strings (assuming you know the names of the standard pitches). Consider 3rd string G is 1#. Move over to string D, A, and E representing 2, 3, and 4 sharps. That about covers it for the Fingerpicking Beatles book. One oddball is A Day in the Life. Starts in C major (with sort of an A minor feel) (no sharps), then goes to A minor (3 sharps) for the bridge, then back to C. Skip that song if you are just beginning (haha!). Perhaps I should do a video on this topic some time. Hopefully that wasn't confusing.
Oh and one more way is to look at the first chord of the verse. If it's a G, it's likely that the song key is in G.
oh yes and in G the sharp is an F isn’t it?
Well done.
Thanks!
Just picked this book up. In your opinion what do you think the easiest song is for a beginner to start out with!?
It depends how much of a beginner you are. I used to assign these to my young students who had played for perhaps a year. Looking through, perhaps Hey Jude is not so bad. I think it's fun too.
The copyright information is a bit of a joke IMHO. They want you to purchase something that you can't take and then use your creative skills to make it your own?? How do they enforce it anyway?
Well I guess you are right about enforcing it, unless you post something on UA-cam. Then you get a copyright strike like I did with this video!