The little black songbook: 4-chord songs. Mandolin.: 1

An excellent source of simple four-chord songs for the guitar. While each tune might only need three or four chords there are different chords used across the seventy-six songs in the book, so we can expand our experience of chord usage without any one song being too complex.Each song is a well known classic, and while some might not be to all tastes there are bound to be many that will suit most people. One of the other reviewers has posted the full list, and he has had my thankful vote for being very helpful.Small enough to go into a jacket pocket, it has a proper stitched binding in a soft-hardback with a good strong wipe-clean cover and is probably going to happily endure a lot of hard use. However the text is too small, even compared with the page size, and I would have preferred the whole book to be about 50% bigger (perhaps even A4 sized with same content per page) to aid readability, and willingly sacrificed portability.The finger pattern diagrams and chord names at the top of each song entry are small but readable. It should have larger writing for the details such as the played chords and the general text such as the words to the songs, to make it more readable in less good light at a distance on a music stand. Also because the binding is good and strong it is stiff and the book does not lie flat and needs to be restrained to remain open at the page one has been studying; it tends to want to escape and jump off the music stand. I expect with regular use it will soften and relax, but that might take a while.If you are just starting out with the guitar some of the more advanced chords used here could prove to be fiddly, if so then it might be better to first master these three much easier collectionsThree Chord Tricks Black Book,Three Chord Tricks Blue Book,Three Chord Tricks Red Book.If you find this book useful, then you might also consider a look atThe Little Black Book of ChordsThe Little Black Book of Scales

I brought this along with the 3-Chord book. I really like this book but i really wish they had put the strumming pattern in for each song in its pages.I has songs from the classics to some more modern songs, so it has quite a variety of songs and styles for you to choose from. So you are bound to find some of your favourites in this little book.The book is really well made and the binding is sturdy and has taken quite a battering since i purchased it. The pages are also thick feeling, and printed on good quality paper. The chords and chord progressions within the songs are the simpler chords, like E major, A major, C, G, D etc.Highly recommended book for a beginner guitarist, and well worth the money.

The book is disappointing in my opinion only 3 stars, at first glance the song selection seems good but in using book some of the so called easy chords are in fact lot harder and suitable for experienced guitarist, I teach the guitar and found this book difficult for my students to use.

Lots of 4 chord songs to add to your repertoire.As feedback to publisher, would suggest spiral binding to make book easier to use.

The book too small for me to see,Some of the chords difficultI need other books before this one to learn

book is very small as it's the print inside. I also seem to be missing pages 96 - 129. There is a good selection of songs but with the missing pages and small print I would not recommend

Very good

Great value but you still need to hear or learn strumming pattern. Used with youtube is best to get feel of song.

Nop notch!!!!@

Great book my husband loves it

Good purchase

Bit small

book arrived with cracked spine

very good,compilation so do not know all songs

Not got round to using yet but quality is fab