Stefan Grossmans's Beginners' Fingerpicking Guitar Review

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(More customer reviews)This is a fine book, with a lot of good material. But much of it is of medium difficulty, and some of it I still can't touch after five years of playing fingerstyle. That's very frustrating. I really like some of the songs on the CD, and it's terribly disappointing to see the described as "beginner," and then find that I can't even begin to play them.
It would probably be easier to play some of the stuff if it was played more slowly on the CD, with some tips and hints, and then played up to speed. But the CD only has full-speed renditions of full songs.
Nevertheless, there are some things that relative beginners can sink their teeth into. I also like simply listening to the songs on the CD.

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Now available with CD, this classic book is the perfect introduction to fingerstyle solo guitar. It features 21 popular country-blues and ragtime songs set by Stefan Grossman, Happy Traum, Dave Van Ronk and John Fahey in entry-level fingerpicking arrangements. Includes: Delia * Death Comes Creepin' * John Henry * St. James Infirmary * Silent Night * Just a Closer Walk with Thee and more. In standard notation and tablature.

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The Camera (Ansel Adams Photography, Book 1) Review

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(More customer reviews)This is a book which is filled with both photographs and descriptions of the technique to create photographs. I took a hard-cover copy on a week long trip to photograph parts of Ireland, and was very glad to carry the book with me and read it. Ansel did use a view camera for many of his most famous photos; I use medium and small format, myself. Even though Ansel used a view camera, with its associated movements, the book makes an effort to describe technique as it applies to small and medium format cameras. This effort reached its goal for me. I got a lot of enjoyment out of reading this book, and practical information, too. The basic, straight-forward clarity of the writing in this book would make it a good read for anyone with an interest in photographic technique, from rank beginner to seasoned pro.
One technique I enhanced from this book was the use of a high camera position. Ansel took many of his photos from a tripod which was mounted on the roof of his station wagon. One of the benefits of such a location is the "semi-helicopter" look to the photos. The foliage is more interesting from this height, and the viewer can see more than he would be able to from ground level.

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This is an atrractively priced photography classic made accessible to a wider, new audience. It covers everything from "seeing" the finished photo in advance, to lens choices. It is illustrated with many of Ansel Adams most famous images.

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