Schott Music Crashkurs Liedbegleitung

Anyone who enjoys accompanying themselves on the guitar whilst singing would be well advised to pick up Schott Music’s Crash Course in Song Accompaniment. This edition is designed to keep guitar accompaniment as simple as possible, for example by offering alternatives to difficult barre chords and using simple strumming and plucking patterns, so that you can quickly learn to accompany songs independently and confidently. The material is illustrated with video tutorials.

The book contains songs from a variety of musical genres, so there’s something for everyone.

Contents:

• Quick Basics for Song Accompaniment: Easy Chords
• Five Basic Patterns
• The Songs: Ade zur guten Nacht (Level 1)
• Always Look on the Bright Side of Life (Level 2)
• Amazing Grace (Level 2)
• Applause, Applause (Level 1)
• A Whiter Shade of Pale (Level 4)
• Bolle went on a trip at Whitsun (Level 2)
• Thoughts Are Free (Level 1)
• Don’t Worry, Be Happy (Level 1)
• Englishman in New York (Level 1)
• O Moon, You Move So Silently (Level 2)
• Free Fallin’ (Level 3)
• Hallelujah (Level 4)
• Here Today, Gone Tomorrow (Level 3)
• Hurt (Level 3)
• Major Tom (Level 3)
• Scarborough Fair (Level 4)
• Above the Clouds (Level 4)
• When Israel Was in Egypt’s Land (Level 2)
• Whiskey in the Jar (Level 2)
• Yesterday (Level 4)
• Appendix: Scale chords in practice
• Tablature and fingering charts
• The 35 most important open chords
• The Top Ten Practice Tips