Sokolow Fred Hal Leonard Guitar Method Rockabilly Guitar Tab (Book/Online Audio) (Hal Leonard Guitar Method (Songbooks)) (Includes Online Access Code)

I've been messing about on the guitar for ages but without any direction so I bought this book to try to have some focus and a goal. It's a fun book, with lots of great rock'n'roll and rockabilly songs to learn. The tabs are clear and easy to follow.

Great5 fun this book and Fred Sokolow is a first rate teacher.

There aren't many books on rockabilly guitar techniques available so one has to hope that those on the market are useful and informative. Well, this one is. It's not too technical and the instructions are very clear. I wouldn't recommend it for an absolute beginner but there's quite a lot of material and techniques covered in this book which are within reach of someone who's relatively new to guitar playing. A major plus as far as I'm concerned is the use of several well-known rockabilly' rock and roll tracks for the exercises, such as Milk Cow Blues, Train Kept a Rollin', Get Rhythm and Rock Around the Clock. This is much more fun and much more motivating than playing stuff "in the style of", or bland exercises. A very good book.

Struggling to get it right but the book helps immensely. Thanks Fred.

Having recently decided to seriously learn this type of music this is the best I have found on the subject matter !😈

Great learning tool

There is a wide range of rockabilly stuff to get your head and fingers into in this package, beginning with the basics, through different classic songs and up to even a bit of mad psychobilly! The TAB is nice and clear and the guitaring on the cd is played sparkingly clear. However, since I will never be the next Carl Perkins or James Burton, I would have appreciated slow versions of each piece. This product is excellent value for money and will provide hours and hours of challenging fun.

Good book and I don't buy tuition books very often but good to have very good backing tracks.

Yo quería la versión que trae el acceso al audio online en lugar del CD, ya que el acceso en línea permite bajar la velocidad de las canciones , en la imagen del libro del website es lo que describe acerca del contenido del libro, fuera de eso, está excelente el contenido del libro.

Gekauft habe ich dieses Buch + Downloads aufgrund des günstigen Preises und meiner bisher positiven Erfahrungen mit Hal Leonard (z.B. "Blues you can use"), sowie einer nostalgischen 80er-Affinität zu Brian Setzer und den Stray Cats. Das Werk ist sehr praxs- und wenig theorielastig, was ich persönlich gut finde, denn ich möchte meine knappe Freizeit nicht mit ewigem Tonleitergeschrabbel verbringen. Hier wird alles exemplarisch anhand um die 15 bekannter und schöner Songs (Elvis, Brian Setzer, Scotty Moore, Chuck Berry, ..) beigebracht. Die Tabs und Einspielungen sind relativ realistisch und nicht grob vereinfacht. So lernt man unterhaltsam durch Nachspielen der Tabs + Downloads, und kann dann auch gleich sich selbst + seine Bekannten mit authentischen Riffs oder Solos beeindrucken. Beispiel Suzie Q: man kann es gar nicht oft genug spielen! Der Schwierigkeitsgrad steigt allerding im Verlauf stark an, z.B. mit dem Solo von "Rock around the Clock", das werden sicher die wenigsten schaffen. Alles in allem bin ich sehr zufrieden mit dem preisgünstigen Buch und kann es jedem empfehlen, der gerne Rockabilly / Rock'n Roll näher kennenlernen möchte.

Ottimo libro per chi si vuole avvicinare a questo stile, gli esercizi proposti non sono difficilissimi per chiunque mastichi già un po' di studio della chitarra. Direi ottimo dal punto di vista didattico.

If you've read other Fred Sokolow books, you'll know what to expect here: Clear, easy-to-understand lessons presented in bite size chunks. This book is aimed at intermediate players who already have a good grasp of the instrument but want to learn the rockabilly style. This is all meat and no filler. There are a TON of musical examples here, all from well-known songs. Any given page is about 90% tablature. It covers a lot of techniques and moves quickly so it never gets boring. The music on the CD is only played at a single speed. The material is pretty easy to grasp, though, so you don't really miss having a slowed down version. Some of the examples are deliberately played at a slower tempo, including a very approachable take on the Rev's "Psychobilly Freakout". One quirk is that Sokolow never mentions a key element in rockabilly: the Bigsby. Some of the songs even indicate "amp tremolo" at spots where you'd normally shake the bar. Get a Bigsby, Fred! Overall this is an easy recommendation for would-be rockabilly players. Coming from a rock background, I've had a blast with this book. Experienced rockabilly players might opt for something that digs deeper into the style.

Estilo incrível , que todos amantes da guitarra deveria conhecer. Livro com exemplos e músicas bem selecionadas , valeu a compra!