{"product_id":"hymns-for-fingerstyle-guitar-paperback","title":"Hymns for Fingerstyle Guitar - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDoug Young\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHymns for Fingerstyle Guitar\u003c\/b\u003e contains twenty five well-known hymns arranged for fingerstyle guitar in standard tuning.The arrangements are designed for easy sight reading, with the potential to embellish them on the fly to create more complex arrangements in your own style. In addition to the hymn arrangements, the book includes tips and suggestions on adding your own introductions and endings as well as improvising variations. Recordings of all hymns are available as a free download. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHymns: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbide With Me\u003cbr\u003eAmazing Grace\u003cbr\u003eA Mighty Fortress is Our God\u003cbr\u003eBe Thou My Vision\u003cbr\u003eBlessed Assurance\u003cbr\u003eCome Thou Fount of Every Blessing\u003cbr\u003eFairest Lord Jesus\u003cbr\u003eFaith of Our Fathers\u003cbr\u003eFor the Beauty of the Earth\u003cbr\u003eHe Leadeth Me\u003cbr\u003eHoly, Holy, Holy\u003cbr\u003eI Have Decided to Follow Jesus\u003cbr\u003eIn the Garden\u003cbr\u003eJesus Loves Me\u003cbr\u003eJesus, Keep Me Near the Cross\u003cbr\u003eJust As I Am\u003cbr\u003eLove Lifted Me\u003cbr\u003ePraise Him, Praise Him\u003cbr\u003eSweet Hour of Prayer\u003cbr\u003eThe Old Rugged Cross\u003cbr\u003eThis is My Father's World\u003cbr\u003eTurn Your Eyes Upon Jesus\u003cbr\u003eWe Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder\u003cbr\u003eWhat a Friend We Have in Jesus\u003cbr\u003eWhispering Hope\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author's Introduction: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book grew out of a need. Recently, I was asked to play during several funerals, with the request being to \"just play some hymns.\" When I began looking for material, I found a wealth of wonderful arrangements for fingerstyle guitar, but none of them were going to work for me in this situation. Naturally, I had only a few days' notice, so I wasn't going to learn and memorize complex arrangements, no matter how beautiful they were. Even the simplest arrangements I found were many pages long, and I didn't want to be turning pages during a funeral service, the way I would if I tried to read the music rather than memorize it. I also realized that in this setting, the focus wasn't on me, or how clever or complex the music was. I just needed to play appropriate music for the occasion that helped set the mood and that didn't detract from the service. Uncomplicated, melodic arrangements would be a plus.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy solution forms the basis of this book - my own arrangements that are simple, almost \"sketches\" of an arrangement. What I decided I needed was a type of book known as a \"fake book\" in jazz circles - but for hymns - and designed for solo fingerstyle guitar. Jazz fake books are typically limited to just chord names and perhaps melody. I wanted a bit more than that - basically easily-playable arrangements with no complicated parts, and designed to be extended on the fly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 72\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.15 x 11 x 8.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 03, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51787675009312,"sku":"9780989634939","price":29.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4fbf786ed6e3619814917ca0f32b4c3b.webp?v=1780652712","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/hymns-for-fingerstyle-guitar-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}