JustinGuitar Acoustic Songbook.

Description

The JustinGuitar series of books are excellent resources for learning to play the guitar. Whether you’re a complete beginner, becoming an intermediate player, or you just want to learn some songs, JustinGuitar has a book to help.

With over 20 years of experience as a professional guitarist and educator, Justin Sandercoe has become one of the most popular and trusted guitar teachers online. Justin has built up an impressive learning resource on his websitejustinguitar.comand has amassed over 1,650,000 subscribers across his two YouTube channels, JustinGuitar and JustinGuitar Songs.

Here’s What JustinGuitar Says About the Acoustic Songbook

This is the perfect songbook for acoustic guitarists! It features 50 great songs by artists such as The Beatles, Eric Clapton, Sting, Coldplay, Ed Sheeran, Elliott Smith and Tom Waits, all presented with playing tips and tutorials.

Designed to accompany the JustinGuitar Intermediate Method, this book gives you loads of songs which youll love to learn and play, and which will improve your playing as you work through them.

The books unique progressive structure divides the songs into four sections:

15 Beginner Songs which mainly use chords covered in the JustinGuitar Beginners Course; ideal for players who have been studying on the course or who want to consolidate their knowledge of open chords and strumming, e.g., The Man In Black by Johnny Cash.
15 Intermediate Songs introducing barre chords and more complex strumming, e.g., Ho Hey by The Lumineers. Perfect for the improving player.
15 Intermediate Plus Songs which include more difficult chords, strumming, riffs and fingerpicking techniques, e.g., Shape Of My Heart by Sting. The next level!
5 fully tabbed out note-for-note transcriptions including Eric Claptons Tears In Heaven and More Than Words by Extreme. Pro-level songs to work your way up to!

All the songs feature full lyrics and chords, with a written lesson and playing advice. Chord boxes, strumming/fingerpicking patterns and sections of TAB are used as necessary to show specific detail. Theres even a handy chord library to show basic open chords and barre chord grips.

Many songs in the book are supported by a free-to-access video tutorials on JustinGuitar.com, so theres everything you need to learn the songs and develop your acoustic guitar skills. This might just be the greatest acoustic songbook ever published!

Complete Song List:

Beginner Songs

Babylon – David Gray
The Boxer – Simon & Garfunkel
Come Back To Me – Kelli Scarr
Don’t Panic – Coldplay
Faraway Voice – Katie Melua
Hold On – Tom Waits
I Will Follow You Into The Dark – Death Cab For Cutie
The Man In Black – Johnny Cash
Rocky Racoon – The Beatles
Say Yes – Elliott Smith
Talkin’ Bout a Revolution – Tracy Chapman
These Boots Are Made For Walking – Nancy Sinatra
Trouble – Ray LaMontagne
Way Over Yonder In The Minor Key – Billy Bragg / Wilco
Won’t Give In – Finn Bros.

Intermediate Songs

Between The Bars – Elliott Smith
Bird On The Wire – Leonard Cohen
Black Horse and Cherry Tree – KT Tunstall
Distant Sun – Crowded House
Don’t Dream It’s Over – Crowded House
Here There and Everywhere – Beatles
Ho Hey – The Lumineers
It Don’t Matter -Donovan Frankenreiter
Sail Away – David Gray
Saint Simon – The Shins
Those Dancing Days Are Gone – Carla Bruni
Traffic in the Sky – Jack Johnson
Where Did You Sleep Last Night – Nirvana
Why Does It Always Rain On Me – Travis
Wild Wood – Paul Weller

Intermediate Plus Songs

Crash Into Me – Dave Ma