Hal Leonard Folk Guitar Method Learn to Play Rhythm and Lead Folk Guitar with Step-by-Step Lessons and 20 Great Songs - Book/Online Audio

I really love this book because Hal Leonard does a great way of explaining things without going too complex. This book will get you playing classic folk music, as there’s songs in here with lyrics and chords, there’s strum patterns, alternating bass patterns, and so much to learn. I am a big fan of old time American folk as well as 60s revival folk like Peter/Paul/Mary, Simon and Garfunkel, Dylan etc, and this book is so helpful in learning how to strum and pick the strings to sound more authentic to this style. I have both a steel string acoustic and a nylon string acoustic, and I find having both types of guitar are nice to switch between depending on the song. If you can have both types in your guitar arsenal, you’ll discover they each have their advantage and are indispensable to not just a folk guitarist but for almost any style of guitar. Chords ring out on the steel string, and fingerpicking melodies sound warmer and softer on nylon strings, so those two guitars and this book along with daily/weekly practice will have you learning in no time. Get this book if you want to play some fun, happy, simple folk songs and learn some classic rhythm patterns to sound more like a real “folkie”. It’s such a classic style that you can play almost any of these songs to a non-musician and they’ll know them by heart and beg you to play more to sing along. I couldn’t recommend this book any more, very happy.

My father started teaching me guitar when I was young, but he played mostly by ear. My ear isn't as good, and I needed more than chords and a couple picks patterns. This book is the perfect supplement to his teaching to get me progressing after a 20 year hiatus. Best of all, the songs are mostly songs I grew up listening to my father play. I tried Yousician and fenderplay, but didn't feel like I really learned or progressed. I wouldn't pay for either again. We lost my beloved father to a traumatic head injury at the too young age of 70. Picking up the guitar he gave me for Chanukah in the early 90s and this book helped me still feel close to him. Books and fingerstyle guitar, kids. Listen to the words; that's what he always said. Folk has the best words and the best finger picking. (This Chanukah, we Light One Candle for Bill.)

Very nice. Happy I bought it.

A nice entry level book well organized.

Fantastic! Not only does it include several songs I wanted, but it shows you different ways to play them to mimic various artists. All of the Hal Leonard books are great. This one certainly didn't disappoint.

Once again I really like the format of the play along series. They are a big help for self taught folks. I recommend this song book.

LOVE this book. Just what I was looking for. Very glad I purchased this. Seller delivered my book right on time. Well packaged. I will purchase from this seller again.

Overpriced and very poor instruction. Not for beginners. They assume you already know how to form chords, and they refer to audio files for the instruction on how to do strums. There are no photos or video files available. The printing is very small and hard to read. I have the Hal Leonard Classical guitar book and it's much better, with twice the number of pages for a lower price, and much better instruction, with larger print. This book was a big disappointment. I may be returning it.

Como algún otro libro del mismo autor, aborda diferentes estilos con cada canción (rasgueo, flatpicking y arpegiado) y para cada una ofrece partitura, tablatura y acordes.. No sigue un orden por niveles, sino por estilos. Si sabes, no vas a aprender gran cosa, porque son arreglos muy sencillos (arpegiado de acordes). Si no sabes, no te va a servir de mucho, porque el problema que tiene Sokolow, es que canta, y no siempre en el tono de lo que tú ves en la tablatura (se va bastante en algunas canciones, cuando arpegia). Si te sabes las canciones y trabajas con las originales, puedes sacar algo majo. En cualquier caso, sí me ha parecido interesante el "picking pattern" que introduce cada canción. Ahí no canta, y se escucha bien la acentuación.

Excellent book. Worth buying!

An easy to follow book to augment the methods books.

Very comprehensive I found it too difficult for a beginner

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