The Beatles for Jazz Guitar Songbook Kindle Edition

edit 8/11/18:OK, I'm bumping my rating from 3 to 5 stars. Why? Well, first I thought these were too simple. But after absorbing many of these arrangements, I found they are at a level that I can play and enjoy. And of course, the material is great - it's the Beatles!Probably my favorite arrangement is Here, There and Everywhere. Other favorites: Eleanor Rigby, The Long and Winding Road, Can't Buy Me Love, Michelle, Strawberry Fields. These arrangements are a great way to absorb some CAGED shapes as well as other useful chord fragments. This is an ideal book, imo, for someone just getting introduced to chord melody. In fact, I used Good Night as a lesson to demonstrate the concept to someone - very straightforward since the melody mainly falls on chord tones. One last thing about reharmonization, I actually found major-triads to be preferable to major-7ths substitutions (eg I Will, Norweigian Wood, etc). Sometimes simple is best. So, my apoligies to Bill LaFleur for the initial tepid review. Please do another Beatles book, I'll be first in line!===================================================================================================This are very simple arrangements, using very standard chords for the most part. Not much in the way of interesting reharmonizations or altered chords. I played through most of them last night and I doubt many of these will be keepers for me. I'm hoping to get a few though, and really, even one song from a book is not bad, given how inexpensive the book is compared to a lesson.If you want some accessible but more complex arrangements I suggest you go to 99centguitarlessons.com and browse Rich's extensive collection with graded difficulty and video samples.Also, check out Laurence Juber's Beatles book. He was Sir Paul's guitarist in Wings for a while. These are mostly altered tunings, but they are arranged beautifully for guitar. These are fingerstyle, rather than chord melody, but are worth exploring, especially "In My Life" and "Oh Darling" in standard tuning.For those who said they can't play these without a recording, I'd suggest getting the melody into your head and under your fingers (reading either the tab or standard notation), then add the occasional chord, which is basically all some of these arrangement are.

I bought this book to challenge myself: I've been playing guitar for decades, but really haven't spent much time in the company of chords whose names read like the password to your bitcoin account. This has those--in spades--applied to songs I've always liked and will enjoy learning to play. Some reviewers have complained that these arrangements are too elementary for their needs. That may well be. For such reviewers--as for you, if you're sufficiently advanced in jazz theory not to feel, upon being asked to play a B7♭9#5/D#, that somewhere an angel has suddenly lost their wings--my advice would be to get out of the shallow end and leave the rest of us to have our fun. (And likewise, I suppose, if learning how to get past that feeling doesn't sound like fun). For my purposes, this book is perfect: it has a good selection of songs, tabs matched up with standard notation, chord names properly placed, and just enough room between staves to use my chord-blank rubber stamp and draw in the requisite chord shapes. I am happy with my purchase. Your mileage may vary.

Good arrangements for the most part. Not for beginners.

I'm not a big jazz fan but I wanted to learn a few chord arrangements that would be recognizable to me as a rock-n-roll guy. This has been perfect for that. You don't actually have to know how to read music like one other reviewer said but it helps, especially for the rhythms as there's no CD included that you can hear and imitate. Very nice book.

This is the only jazz melody book I could find on the Beatles music, which is notoriously difficult to arrange in a jazz style. So far, I have been very pleased - the arrangements are reasonably challenging, but retain the character and style of the originals - the chord extensions and substitutions emphasize the simplicity and directness of the melodies, rather than obscure them. The arranger - Bill La Fleur - has excelled. Not a beginner's book, but very accessible. The 23 tunes contained in the book are:All My LovingBlackbirdCan't Buy Me LoveEight Days A WeekEleanor RigbyGolden SlumbersGood NightHere, There And EverywhereHey JudeI WillIn My LifeLet It BeThe Long And Winding RoadLucy In The Sky With DiamondsMichelleNorwegian WoodNowhere ManOb-La-Di, Ob-La-DaSomethingStrawberry Fields ForeverTicket To RideWhile My Guitar Gently WeepsYesterday

Great arrangements of some vary familiar songs that I love. There are no audio files so the ability to read music really helps but the files aren't absolutely essential since you probably know the songs as well as most people. It's also a good tool for learning to or for improving your ability to read music.

The book is ok. The voicings are not the best. Some of the songs are pretty good but I had to embellish some of the chord melodies so it didn't sound so monotone.

There are several good songs in this collection -- songs worth learning and adding to a setlist. I felt that the melody lines come through clearly, though some of the harmonization choices felt repetitive to me (example: frequent use of 6/9 chords in endings). Of course, given that many of these songs are, basically, simple pop tunes, it's understandable that arrangements would be similar to each other.It might be that w/ backing, say a good base player, this wouldn't be noticeable. In any case, I'd expect to mix a few of these into a set on a given night rather than playing several back-to-back, so there'd be plenty of variety overall in a performance. I'm pretty sure most audiences would recognize the tunes in performance, which for jazz players can provide a good connection.It would be useful to include comping arrangements over the staff.

I've been playing guitar for 13+ years but never really got into jazz guitar, so I figured getting into it with The Beatles would be a good start. I found the book to be very helpful and fun. If you're a beginner guitarist, don't feel intimidated by this book. If you take it slow, note by note and chord by chord, you will get the hang of it and have some great songs to play and show off your skills with.I only wish there had been some more hits - I would have loved to see an arrangement of Penny Lane, Yellow Submarine, Taxman, and Across The Universe...even Hey Jude! However, it's still a great book for both Beatles and non-Beatles fans. Very easy to understand.

これ、最低。あまりジャズっぽくないしアレンジもクソ。本じゃなくてkindleなら半値ぐらいと見て飛びついたけど。やっぱり、。。。なるほど、安いわけだ。。ってか。。。。無駄な出費をした。kindleにも反省してほしい。

un libro muy completo para los que nos gusta los beatles y el jazz... que mejor combinacion que esta.el articulo llego en muy buen estado y muy rápido !

Excelente, arranjos de muito bom gosto.Desafio para estudantes intermediários a avançados.Notação clara e boa escolha de repertório.Recomendo!

Nice, a pity there is no audio with the book. You have no sound example of an interpretation, makes it harder to play for me.